MBIASn

                                                                                
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
MBIAS     7063 517603901 0.                 850731000000.  850831000000. 10.    
----+----0----+----0----+----0----+----0----+----0----+----0----+----0----+----0
                                                                                
                                                                                
COLUMNS FORMAT         DESCRIPTION                         DEFAULT VALUE & UNITS
                                                                                
1-5     A5        MBIAS  - Requests application and/or                          
                  adjustment of measurement or station                          
                  timing bias.                                                  
                                                                                
6       A1        n - Used for estimation of multi-station       0              
                  and/or multi-satellite identification.                        
                  If "n" is zero or one, then this card                         
                  takes on the form of the "MBIAS" card.                        
                  "n" may also take on the values two                           
                  or three.  When this occurs, the                              
                  station and satellite information on                          
                  these cards ("MBIAS2" or "MBIAS3")                            
                  augments that already provided on the                         
                  "MBIAS" form card.                                            
                                                                                
7-14    I8        Station number for the "n"th station in        0              
                  the measurement configuration.                                
                                                                                
15-17   I3        Bias Type. See list of measurement types       0              
                  after ENDARC description                                      
                  (not used if "n" equals 2 or 3).                              
                                                                                
18-24   I7        Satellite ID for the "n"th satellite in        0              
                  the measurement configuration.                                
                                                                                
25-44   D20.8     Value of the bias (a priori estimate           0.             
                  if adjusted). Units are:                                      
                  Length - M, Time - S, Angles - RAD                            
                                                                                
45-59   D15.3     Date and time at which the bias is to          0.             
                  begin in form: YYMMDDHHMMSS.                                  
                                                                                
60-72   D13.1     Date and time at which the bias is to          0.             
                  end in form: YYMMDDHHMMSS.
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COLUMNS FORMAT         DESCRIPTION                         DEFAULT VALUE & UNITS
                                                                                
                                                                                
73-80   D8.2      Standard deviation of the a priori             0.             
                  bias in the same units as bias value.                         
                  If this value is greater than zero bias                       
                  will be adjusted.                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
UNITS:  KM =Kilometers; M  =Meters    ; S  =Seconds    ; Kg =Kilograms          
        DEG=Degrees   ; RAD=Radians   ; AS =Arc seconds; MAS=Milli-arc seconds  
                                                                                
NOTE:  If the time fields on cards with "n" equal to 2 or 3                     
       are non-zero GEODYN will internally generate a complete                  
       new set of MBIAS cards having the same configuration                     
       with different times. The bias type field will be                        
       ignored on MBIAS cards with "n" equal to 2 or 3.                         
                                                                                
       Please also see EBIAS and PBIAS options.                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
EXAMPLE FOR SAT-TO-SAT MEASUREMENTS:                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
MBIAS1        0577502701 0.                 780101000000.  780101000000.        
MBIAS2    18570577403901                    780101000000.  780101000000.        
----+----0----+----0----+----0----+----0----+----0----+----0----+----0----+----0
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GEODYN-II BIAS TYPES

The GEODYN-II bias types include all of the GEODYN-II measurement types as well as other types which are independent from measurement type or which are an extension of the simple measurement bias.

At present, the only bias types defined include simple constant measurement biases and simple time biases independent of measurement type. Other future bias types will include linearly varying measurement biases, observation scale biases, tropospheric and ionospheric refraction scale biases, station clock polynomials and satellite clock polynomials.

Bias type numbers are assigned as follows:

                                                                         
 BIAS DESCRIPTION             BIAS TYPE NUMBER   DEPENDENT  DEPENDENT UNITS     
 ----------------             ----------------   ---------  --------- -----     
 simple measurement biases    measurement type      yes   or   yes              
                                                                                
 measurement scale bias       meas. type + 100      yes   or   yes              
                                                                                
 station clock bias                        300       no        yes     sec      
                                                                                
 station clock linear drift                301       no        yes   sec/hour   
                                                                             2  
 station clock quadratic drift             302       no        yes   sec/hour   
                                                                             3  
 station clock cubic drift                 303       no        yes   sec/hour   
                                                                                
 satellite  clock bias                     400      yes         no     sec      
                                                                                
 satellite  clock linear drift             401      yes         no   sec/hour   
                                                                             2  
 satellite  clock quadratic drift          402      yes         no   sec/hour   
                                                                             3  
 satellite  clock cubic drift              403      yes         no   sec/hour   
                                                                                
 tropospheric refraction                   500       no        yes   [NOTE 1]   
   scale bias                                                                   
                                                                                
 ionospheric refraction                    600       no        yes              
          scale bias                                                            
                                                                                
 simple time biases                        900      yes   or   yes              
                                                                                
[NOTE 1] In order to apply a tropospheric refraction scale bias the             
         parameter must be adjusted.
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Patrick Dahiroc
1998-09-10