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16.2.3 Receiver Antenna Phase Center<br />

16.2 Antenna Phase Center Corrections in the <strong>Bernese</strong> <strong>GPS</strong> <strong>Software</strong><br />

The receiver antenna phase center model is defined in the phase center eccentricity file<br />

only (description in Section 22.4.4). An example can be found in Figure 22.5 and 22.6. The<br />

antenna is selected according to the antenna name and the antenna number. Both are taken<br />

from the observation file header. The radome code is included in the last four characters of<br />

the 20-character antenna name.<br />

In the first part of the file the phase center offset ∆r is given (north, east, and up components)<br />

for each frequency. It is mandatory in the <strong>Bernese</strong> <strong>GPS</strong> <strong>Software</strong> to use numeric<br />

antenna numbers for all receiver antennas. In the phase center eccentricity file, ranges are<br />

specified for antenna numbers. The antenna entry with a range from 0 to 999999 is the<br />

generic entry, i.e., the values are applied for all antennas of the same antenna type (see<br />

also Figure 22.5). Individually calibrated antennas are explicitly numbered, e.g., from 512<br />

to 512. The <strong>Bernese</strong> <strong>GPS</strong> <strong>Software</strong> uses the first matching entry for a receiver antenna.<br />

Individually calibrated antennas have thus to be listed above the generic antenna entry. 1<br />

MODEL NAME: IGS_01 PHASE CENTER VARIATIONS 23-JUN-06<br />

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

I01.ATX<br />

ANTENNA TYPE ANTENNA S/N FREQ PHASE CENTER OFFSETS (M)<br />

FROM TO L* NORTH EAST UP FMT<br />

******************** ****** ****** * **.**** **.**** **.**** *<br />

...<br />

AOAD/M_T NONE 512 512 1 0.0012 -0.0005 0.1104 0<br />

2 -0.0003 0.0011 0.1273<br />

AOAD/M_T NONE 0 999999 1 0.0000 0.0000 0.1100 0<br />

2 0.0000 0.0000 0.1280<br />

...<br />

The format flag (FMT) indicates whether<br />

FMT = 0 : no variations for the antenna phase center are given,<br />

FMT = 1 : zenith angle dependent phase center variations are given in the same line behind<br />

(not used today anymore), or<br />

FMT = 2 : the antenna phase center variation model is given in the second part of the file<br />

as shown in Figure 22.6.<br />

In this case the model with piece-wise linear functions is used (TYP=1). A step in<br />

azimuth D(A) of 360 o means that no azimuth dependence is considered.<br />

1 Please be aware, that this concept was developed for small receiver antenna calibration campaigns. It is<br />

not robust enough for a routine processing using individual calibrated antennas. Only to illustrate this<br />

circumstance with two examples: The integer numbers to identify the individual antennas cannot be used<br />

to identify an unannounced change of the receiver antenna indicated by a different string in the header<br />

of the RINEX observation file. The range used for the generic antenna prevents to identify a missing<br />

individual calibrated antenna in the phase center eccentricity file.<br />

<strong>Bernese</strong> <strong>GPS</strong> <strong>Software</strong> <strong>Version</strong> <strong>5.0</strong> Page 331

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