Other IGS products, such as troposphere and ionosphere products, have been developed through working group or pilot project activities and are stored using separate directory structures within the GNSS products area of the archive. These products include troposphere ZPD estimates, along with statistics about the product, derived from GNSS measurements and ionosphere vertical total electron content maps for climate research and atmospheric studies.
Troposphere
IGS associate analysis centers generate troposphere products from ground-based GNSS data. These products include five-minute estimates of zenith path delay (ZPD) and north and east troposphere gradient components. Data are available in daily files by site for over 350 GNSS stations in the IGS network. Measurements of surface pressure and temperature at GNSS sites allow the extraction of precipitable water vapor from the total zenith path delay. Final troposphere estimates for over 350 stations in the IGS network. The troposphere products utilize the IGS final satellite, orbit, and EOP products and are therefore available approximately three weeks following the observation day. Troposphere products are available in a standard, IGS format.
Since the inception of the troposphere product, three analysis groups (GFZ, JPL, and currently USNO) have generated the IGS combination solution each using different methodologies. Therefore, the resulting file types have changed through the years. The current product consists of files containing daily ZPD estimates for selected sites in the IGS network. The original product consisted of one file per site per GPS week.
Historical tropospheric producst are also available. These products are no longer updated.
The starting directory for the current troposphere solution files is:
ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gnss/products/troposphere/zpd/
Append the following directory and file names to the starting directory for current files:
TYP/SSSSDDD#.YYzpd.gz
as described in the table below.
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| TYP | type of solution (zpd or sub, analysis center input products to combined zpd product) |
| SSSS | IGS monument name |
| DDD | 3-digit day of year |
| # | file number for the day, typically 0 |
| YY | 2-digit year |
| .gz | gzip compressed file |
The starting directories for the historical troposphere product files are:
| Starting Directory | Products |
|---|---|
| ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gnss/products/troposphere/cmp/ | Comparison results between initial IGS troposphere product (generated by GFZ) and JPL solution (through 2009) |
| ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gnss/products/troposphere/old/ | Earlier versions of IGS troposphere products, produced by GFZ |
| ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gnss/products/troposphere/rpt/ | Product reports by GPS week, produced by JPL (through 2009) |
| ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gnss/products/troposphere/sta/ | Reports and supporting information on station troposphere products, produced by JPL (through 2009) |
Ionosphere
Since 1998, IGS associate analysis centers have provided products containing ionosphere vertical total electron content (TEC) maps and daily GPS satellite differential code bias (DCB) values derived from the dual-frequency GPS data. Daily ionospheric fluctuation maps are also available. The IGS product is derived from analysis center solutions, both rapid and final. These ionosphere products are available in a rapid solutions with a latency of less than 24 hours, a final solution with a latency of approximately 11 days, and a predicted solution, available both one and two days prior. Ionosphere products are provided in IONEX (ionosphere exchange) format.
The starting directory for the current ionospheric solution files is:
ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gnss/products/ionex/
Append the following directory and file names to the starting directory for current files:
YYYY/DDD/AAAgDDD#.YYi.Z
Vertical total electron content (TEC) maps
YYYY/DDD/rotiDDD0.YYf.Z
Daily ROTI (rate of TEC index) product
as described in the table below.
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| c1p | 1-day predicted solution (CODE) |
| c2p | 2-day predicted solution (CODE) |
| cod | Final solution (CODE) |
| cor | Rapid solution (CODE) |
| e1p | 1-day predicted solution (ESA) |
| e2p | 2-day predicted solution (ESA) |
| ehr | Rapid high-rate solution, one map per hour, (ESA) |
| esa | Final solution (ESA) |
| esr | Rapid solution (ESA) |
| ilp | 1-day predicted solution (IGS combined) |
| i2p | 2-day predicted solution (IGS combined) |
| igr | Rapid solution (IGS combined) |
| igs | Final combined solution (IGS combined) |
| jpl | Final solution (JPL) |
| u2p | 2 day predicted solution (UPC) |
| upc | Final solution (UPC) |
| uhr | Rapid high-rate solution, one map per hour, (UPC) |
| upr | Rapid solution (UPC) |
| uqr | Rapid high-rate solution, one map per 15 minutes, (UPC) |
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| YYYY | 4-digit year |
| DDD | 3-digit day of year |
| AAA | Analysis center name |
| # | file number for the day, typically 0 |
| YY | 2-digit year |
| .Z | Unix compressed file |
The IGS analysis centers re-processed the historical IGS data set (from 1994 to 2007 for repro1, from 1994 through 2012/2013 for repro2) to produce a fully consistent set of products utilizing the most recent models and updated processing strategies.
