doi:10.5067/VLBI/vlbi_db_data_001

• Data Center Citation
• Data Citation
• Summary
• Description
• Data Access
• Documentation

Data Center Citation

Noll, Carey E., The Crustal Dynamics Data Information System: A resource to support scientific analysis using space geodesy, Advances in Space Research, Volume 45, Issue 12, 15 June 2010, Pages 1421-1440, ISSN 0273-1177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2010.01.018.

Data Citation

CDDIS VLBI DB data, Greenbelt, MD, USA: NASA Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS), Accessed [[enter user data access date]] at doi:10.5067/VLBI/vlbi_db_data_001.

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Summary

• Name: CDDIS VLBI DB data available from the Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)
• Format: binary
• Spatial Coverage: 90.0 to -90.0, 180.0 to -180.0
• Temporal Coverage: 1979 - present
• Temporal Resolution:
• File Size: ∼20KB
• Platforms: Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)

Description

Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) ASCII files in the NGS card format.

Data Access

CDDIS VLBI DB data files are online.

Starting directory: https://cddis.nasa.gov/archive/vlbi/ivsdata/db/

in subdirectories by year as follows:

YYYY/YYCCCDDTT_V###.gz

Code	Meaning
YYYY	4-digit year
YY	2-digit year
CCC	3-character month name
DD	2-digit day of month
TT	2-character database code
###	3-digit version number
gz	gzipped file

Documentation

http://cddis.nasa.gov/Data_and_Derived_Products/VLBI/VLBI_data_and_product_archive.html