Bernese GPS Software Version 5.0 - Bernese GNSS Software

7.7 Special Applications
may be imported into the Bernese environment. Program QLRINEXO converts QL-files into
RINEX format. The RINEX files may then be converted into Bernese binary format using
RXOBV3.
QLRINEXO is not available through the menu but may be executed using the RUNGPS command
(see Section 18.8). The program reads QL-files and writes observation and meteorological
RINEX files for each ILRS station present in the QL-file. The ILRS station names
read from the QL-file may be renamed. Section TYPE 001: RENAMING OF STATIONS of the
station information file (description in Section 22.8.3) is used for renaming. The station
information file has to be specified in the input field “Station information”. The naming of the
output files follows the usual convention: ccccssss.yyO and ccccssss.yyM for RINEX observation
and RINEX meteo files, respectively. The 4-character station abbreviation cccc
is taken from the abbreviation table (description in Section 22.8.2). The session ssss is
specified in option “Session ID used for RINEX observation file names”, the year yy is specified
in option “Year ID used for RINEX observation file names”. The station needs to be listed in the
abbreviation table. Otherwise the writing of the output files is skipped for the corresponding
station.
The format of the RINEX file holding SLR observations is not an official format, but it
closely follows the RINEX conventions. The observation types “R1” and “R2” indicate range
measurements, which are not provided by the RINEX format definition. The observation
records written to the RINEX file are the observed SLR ranges, but adapted to consider
only the one-way light travel time. Thus, the observation epoch refers to the time of signal
reception (as for GNSS measurements), and not to the time of signal reflection. The observation
epochs in the RINEX file refer to GPS time. If epochs given in the QL-file refer to
UTC, they have to be converted from UTC to GPS time by applying leap seconds. The file
${X}/GEN/GPSUTC. containing the list of leap seconds (see Section 22.4.7) is available at the
ftp account of AIUB (http://www.aiub.unibe.ch/download/BSWUSER50/GEN/GPSUTC.).
The RINEX observation file contains only SLR observations for selected satellites. To specify
these satellites, set the option “LIST OF SATELLITES” accordingly, by listing the satellite
numbers. The satellite numbering corresponds to the numbering in the satellite information
file (e.g., ${X}/GEN/SATELLLIT.I05, description in Section 22.4.5).
Import from RINEX to Bernese Files
The RINEX range observation files may be converted to Bernese observation files using program
RXOBV3 (see Section 4.2.3 for details). Enable “Range” in option “Measurement types
to save”. Bernese code binary observation and header files 2 are created. The antenna and
receiver names read from RINEX are both SLR. You may rename these names using section
TYPE 002: STATION INFORMATION of the station information file. In the same section of
this file station eccenter vectors may be specified. Alternatively an eccenter file (see Section
22.8.6) may be specified for the processing programs. For technical reasons the “antenna
name” (SLR) has to be included in the phase center eccentricity file (see Section 22.4.4).
Offsets and phase pattern should be set to zero.
2 Specify the same extensions as for Bernese code observation files in “DATA STRUCTURE 4: Campaign
Data, Observation Files”. Programs which do not have separate entry fields for range observations use
path and extensions specified for code observation files instead.
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