STAPOS

                                                                                
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STAPOS                                                                          
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COLUMNS FORMAT         DESCRIPTION                         DEFAULT VALUE & UNITS
                                                                                
1-6     A6        STAPOS - Introduces station                                   
                  position sub-group cards. The                                 
                  station position sub-group contains                           
                  also optional station linear velocity                         
                  information.                                                  
                                                                                
7       I1        Coordinate system for adjustment                0             
                  of stations and indicator that                                
                  all stations are to be adjusted                               
                  except those explicitly excluded                              
                  using the FIXED subgroup card.                                
                                                                                
                  = 0  Indicates no adjustment, or                              
                       adjustment of individual stations                        
                       will be indicated explicitly                             
                       by use of ADJUSTED cards.                                
                                                                                
                  > 0  Indicates that all stations for which                    
                       tracking data exists will be                             
                       adjusted unless explicitly                               
                       overridden by use of a FIXED card.                       
                       (Columns 25-72 must be a non zero)                       
                                                                                
                       Coordinate system for adjustment:                        
                        =  1  Geodetic     - Phi,Lambda,Height                  
                        =  2  Cartesian    - X,Y,Z                              
                        =  3  Cylindrical  - S.A.D,Lambda,Z                     
                        =  4  Spherical    - Phi,Lambda,R
                                                                                
8       I1        Station geodetic file indicator.                0             
                  (Default is for geodetics file to be read                     
                   prior to reading station coordinates                         
                   following this STAPOS card)                                  
                                                                                
                  = 0 Indicates stations will be read from                      
                      the station geodetic file on unit 16.                     
                                                                                
                  > 0 Indicates that no stations from the                       
                      station geodetics file are to be used.                    
                                                                                
9       I1        > 0 Value in columns 73-80 overrides                          
                      ELCUTOFF in Station Geodetics File                        
                      and sets new default until overridden                     
                      with ELCUTOFF following this card.                        
                                                                                
11-14   I4        Maximum number of configurations which          50            
                  data is available in this run.  [NOTE 1]                      
                                                                                
25-44   D20.8     Sigma for first station component               0.            
                  as indicated by value in column 7.                            
                  (must be a non zero if col 7>0)                               
                                                                                
45-59   D15.3     Sigma for second station component              0.            
                  as indicated by value in column 7.                            
                  (must be a non zero if col 7>0)                               
                                                                                
60-72   D13.1     Sigma for third station component               0.            
                  as indicated by value in column 7.                            
                  (must be a non zero if col 7>0)                               
                                                                                
73-80   D8.2      Elevation cutoff override of Station                          
                  Geodetics File (see column 9).                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
NOTES:                                                                          
 [1]  A configuration in GEODYN II is defined as a unique combination of        
      station-satellite-measurement type.

                                                                                
                                                                                
      The valid STAPOS subgroup cards are listed below                          
                                                                                
          ADJUSTED  -  Turns on station adjustment                              
          CORREL    -  Station correlations                                     
          CONSTADJ  -  Start of constrained stations                            
          CONSTEND  -  End of constrained stations                              
          FIXED     -  Turns off station adjustment                             
          GEODETIC  -  Defines station geodetic information                     
          EXTRAGEO  -  Specifies planetary shape parameters                     
          ELCUTOFF  -  Sets station elevation cutoff angle                      
          INSTRMNT  -  Sets station antenna and operating frequency information 
          STATION COORDINATE CARDS - Station positions                          
          STAVEL    -  Station velocities                                       
          TIMVEL    -  Reference time for station velocities                    
          SIGVEL    -  Sigmas for adjusted station velocities                   
          STATL2    -  Station earth tide L2                                    
          STATH2    -  Station earth tide H2                                    
          ENDSTA    -  End of STAPOS subgroup                                   
                                                                                
The format of all cards in the subgroup is as follows:                          
                                                                                
       A8,2I1,I2,I8,3D15.6,I5,10                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
There are two categories of stations:                                           
                                                                                
1.     Those adjusted (i.e., those which follow an ADJUSTED card).              
                                                                                
2.     Those not adjusted (i.e., those which follow a FIXED card).              
       Within the set of stations which are adjusted there are those which are  
       constrained to move together.  A set of stations constrained to move as  
       a set can be defined as that set which is adjusted and which follows a   
       CONSTADJ card and precedes either a CONSTEND card or a FIXED card or an  
       ENDGLB card or the next CONSTADJ card.                                   
                                                                                
The conditions stated on an ADJUSTED card or a FIXED card are imposed           
until another ADJUSTED or FIXED card is encountered or an ENDSTA card is        
encountered.                                                                    
                                                                                
The conditions stated on a CORREL card apply only to adjusted stations          
and are imposed until another CORREL card is encountered.  (Default             
correlations are zero).

The conditions stated on an ELCUTOFF card are imposed until another             
ELCUTOFF card is encountered.  (Default - ELCUTOFF is zero degrees.)            
                                                                                
The conditions stated on an INSTRMNT card are imposed until another             
INSTRMNT card is encountered.                                                   
                                                                                
The conditions stated on a GEODETIC card or an EXTRAGEO card are imposed        
until another GEODETIC or EXTRAGEO card is encountered.                         
                                                                                
Station Location cards follow the appropriate cards of other types              
necessary to specify the conditions that are to apply to those station          
locations.                                                                      
                                                                                
Station Location cards without values in the location data fields imply         
that the location data is to be obtained from the Station Geodetics file        
but that the other conditions indicated by the preceding STAPOS Subgroup        
cards apply.                                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
The STAPOS card can indicate the adjustment of all tracking stations not        
explicitly excluded by the FIXED card.  This includes stations obtained         
from the Station Geodetics file if this file has not been specifically          
excluded.  If the adjustment of all stations has been requested using           
the STAPOS card, then the ADJUSTED card may still be used to specify the        
conditions of adjustment of particular subgroups of station coordinates.        
Unless specified otherwise (using GEODETIC or EXTRAGEO) all stations are        
considered to be located on the earth (see Keyword Option Card EARTH).          
                                                                                
Station velocity cards (STAVEL) should follow immediately the station location  
cards.                                                                          
                                                                                
It is required that the station velocity group has the following sequence:      
                                                                                
STATION POSITION CARD                                                           
STAVEL                                                                          
TIMVEL                                                                          
SIGVEL                                                                          
                                                                                
If no velocity cards are present, GEODYN will apply zero velocities to the      
stations, therefore extra velocity parameters will appear in the GEODYN         
parameter summary printout.
                                                                                
Considering the station position and station velocity combinations, GEODYN will 
handle:                                                                         
                                                                                
a.  Fixed positions/ fixed velocities                                           
b.  Adjusted positions/ fixed velocities                                        
c.  Fixed positions/ adjusted velocities                                        
d.  Adjusted positions/ adjusted velocities                                     
                                                                                
No correlations are provided for station velocities.                            
                                                                                
Extra attention should be given at a setup with constraint stations.  The       
station velocity cards in this case should follow immediately the master station
and not the constrained station (station with data).                            
                                                                                
Cards like ADJUSTED and FIXED do not affect station velocities.  Only the       
presence of SIGVEL controls the adjustment of station velocities.               
                                                                                
The STATL2 (or STATH2) cards should follow the station velocity group cards     
or if there are no velocity cards this card must follow the station coordinate  
cards, for example:                                                             
                                                                                
STATION POSITION CARD                                                           
(STAVEL)                                                                        
(TIMVEL)                                                                        
(SIGVEL)                                                                        
STATL2                                                                          
STATH2                                                                          
                                                                                
STATL2 and STATH2 cards are independent of each other.  The user can apply or   
or solve for L2 or H2 or both per station. If the STATL2 (or STATH2) card is not
present for an individual station the solid earth tide corrections for this     
station will either use the value from the L2LOVE card (or H2LOVE) if they are  
present or the default GEODYN value if they are not present.



JUNE 1989

8906.0

STATION POSITION SUBGROUP



Patrick Dahiroc
1998-09-10