Skip to main content
Earth, Planets and Space
Download PDF

Volume 52 Supplement 11

Special Issue: Application of GPS and other space geodetic techniques to Earth Sciences (2)

  • Letter
  • Published:

The use of GPS buoys in the determination of oceanic variables

Earth, Planets and Space volume 52, pages 1113–1116 (2000)Cite this article

Abstract

GPS observables taken from light-weight GPS buoys more than 80 km from the GPS reference stations have been analysed using different noise models in the parameter estimation process. The time series solution of the GPS buoy positioning have been used to extract values of oceanic variables (sea level, tides and waves) and tropospheric information. These variables are compared with data from models and with measurements from a meteorological buoy.

References

  • Blewitt, G., Carrier phase ambiguity resolution for the global positioning system applied to geodetic baselines up to 2000 km, J. Geophys. Res., 94(B8), 10,187–10,203, 1989.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Born, G. H., M. E. Parke, P. Axelrad, K. L. Gold, J. Johnson, K. W. Key, and D. G. Kubitschek, Calibration of the TOPEX altimeter using a GPS buoy, J. Geophys. Res., 99(C12), 24,517–24,526, 1994.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Christensen, E. J, B. J. Haines, S. J. Keihm, C. S. Morris, R. A. Norman, G. H. Purcell, B. G. Williams, B. D. Wilson, G. H. Born, M. E. Parke, S. K. Gill, C. K. Shum, B. D. Tapley, R. Kolenkiewicz, and R. S. Nerem, Calibration of TOPEX/POSEIDON at platform harvest, J. Geophys. Res., 99(C12), 24,465–24,485, 1994.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Eanes, R. and S. Bettadpur, The CSR 3.0 global ocean tide model, Center for Space Research, Technical Memorandum, CSR-TM-95-06, December 1995.

    Google Scholar 

  • Elósegui, P., J. L. Davis, R. T. Jalkehag, J. M. Johansson, A. E. Niell, and I. I. Shapiro, Geodesy using the Global Positioning System: The effects of signal scattering on estimates of site position, J. Geophys. Res., 100(B7), 9921–9934, 1995.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • ESA, ERS-2 Altimeter Ocean Products, F2A0043 IC, Version 6, ESA-IFREMER 1999.

  • Key, K. W., G. M. Born, K. D. Leaman, and P. Vertes, A new GPS data processing algorithm for the positioning of oceanographic experiments, Journal of Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 16(8), 1127–1137, 1999.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • RA/ATSR products—User Manual, Altimeter and Microwave Radiometer ERS products, C2-MUT-A-01-IF 2.2, 1996.

  • Stewart, R. H., Methods of Satellite Oceanography, University of California Press, U.S.A., 1985.

    Google Scholar 

  • Stum, J., F. Ogor, and J. Dorandeu, A comparison study of TOPEX/POSEIDON, ERS-1 and ERS-2 altimeter and radiometer data, Report of task 4 of IFREMER contract n.99/2.210 765, CLS/DOS/NT/00.233, December 1999.

  • Webb, F. H. and J. F. Zumberge, An Introduction to GIPSY/OASIS-II, JPL D-11088, June 1997.

  • Zilkoski, D. B., J. D. D’onofrio, R. J. Fury, and C. L. Smith, Centimeterlevel positioning of a US Coast Guard buoy tender, GPS Solutions, 3(2), 53–65, 1999.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zumberge, J. F., M. B. Heflin, D. C. Jefferson, M. M. Watkins, and F. H. Webb, Precise point positioning for the efficient and robust analysis of GPS data from large networks, J. Geophys. Res., 102(B3), 5005–5017, 1997.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), CSIC Research Unit, Barcelona, Spain

    Estel Cardellach, Dirk Behrend, Giulio Ruffini & Antonio Rius

Authors
  1. Estel Cardellach
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Dirk Behrend
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Giulio Ruffini
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Antonio Rius
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Estel Cardellach.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Cardellach, E., Behrend, D., Ruffini, G. et al. The use of GPS buoys in the determination of oceanic variables. Earth Planet Sp 52, 1113–1116 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03352340

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03352340

Keywords