CDDIS: NASA's Archive of Space Geodesy Data
VLBI level 1A correlator output

doi: 10.5067/VLBI/vlbi_l1a_swin_001

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

International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry (IVS) VLBI level 1A correlator output [online]. Available from the NASA Crustal Dynamics Data Information System DAAC, Greenbelt, MD, USA at: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/VLBI/vlbi_l1a_swin_001, Accessed [[enter user data access date]].

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Summary

  • Name: VLBI level 1A correlator output available from the Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)
  • Format: SWIN
  • Spatial Coverage: 90.0 to -90.0, 180.0 to -180.0
  • Temporal Coverage: 2017-12-03 - present
  • Temporal Resolution: Variable, 1 to 24 hours
  • File Size: Variable, from 50Mb to 400 Gb
  • Platforms: VGOS or legacy S/X VLBI

Description

VLBI Level 1A correlator output constitutes the primary VLBI dataset for a given experiment; all other data products are derived from analysis of the primary dataset. The correlator output is a collection of files that provide 1) time series of auto-correlations at all the observing stations that participated in the experiment and cross-correlations between all baselines of observing stations; 2) time series of amplitudes and phases of phase calibration signals; 3) correlator control files; 4) auxilliary files created by the correlator and used during correlation; 5) the metadata file. Spectral and temporal resolution is variable.

Data Access

The VLBI Level 1A correlator output data are online:

in subdirectories by year as follows:

YYYY/YYYYMMDD_exp_vVVV_swin.tar.bz2

Code Meaning
YYYY4-digit year
MM2-digit month
DD 2-digit day of month
exp lower case experiment ID
VVV correlator output version with leading zeroes
.bz2 bzip2 compressed file

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