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4.2 RINEX Observation Files
• “Receiver/antenna number”: The entry for the REC # and ANT # in the RINEX observation
file is compared with the corresponding values in the section TYPE 002: STATION
INFORMATION in the station information file.
• “Antenna position”: The entry for the ANTENNA: DELTA H/E/N in the RINEX observation
file is compared with the values for NORTH,EAST and UP in the station information
file (section TYPE 002: STATION INFORMATION).
• “Marker type”: The (optional) entry for the MARKER TYPE in the RINEX observation
file is compared with the corresponding value in the station information file (section
TYPE 005: HANDLING STATION TYPES). This option is, e.g., useful for verifying the
RINEX headers from spaceborne receivers.
If no or a different entry is found in the appropriate time window the program takes the
action specified by the user. The recommended selection is WARNING for manual processing
and SKIP for a robust automated processing.
It is important to know that, if an inconsistency is encountered and the corresponding option
is set to NO CHECK or WARNING the program uses the value found in the station information
file starting from the assumption that the entry in the RINEX header is erroneous. In any
case, check the warnings issued by the program. The program output contains a compact
summary on station naming and station information. Lines containing problems are labeled
with a string “#Problem”, the other lines are labeled with “#OK”.
If for a particular station a certain inconsistency regularly appears (e.g., misspelled receiver
name or wrong antenna height in RINEX file) you may suppress the corresponding
warning or error message by adding a line to a station problem file (see description in Section
22.8.4). If you specify the name of this file in the field “Accepted station information” in
panel “RXOBV3 5.2: Check Content of RINEX Header 2”, the program compares RINEX entries
not only with the content of the station information file but also with the entries in this
file. In any case the values from the station information file will be used. See the on-line
help for further information.
Note, if the option “Consider radome code of the antennas” is enabled, a blank antenna radome
code gets automatically replaced by NONE before the antenna type is compared with the
entries in the station information file.
The options in the last panel “RXOBV3 5.2: Check Content of RINEX Header 2” may be used
to perform additional verifications on station names in order to monitor the consistency of
the information from the RINEX file headers. If a verification fails the corresponding line
in the information summary provided in the program output will contain a string #Verify.
The failure of a verification step has no effect on the execution of the program.
• “Verify station name/number using”: Enable this option if you want to verify the (new)
station name with respect to the station name given in the header of the RINEX
observation file. The station name may be compared to the
– MARKER NAME: The MARKER NAME entry of the RINEX observation file.
– MARKER NUMBER: The MARKER NUMBER entry of the RINEX observation file.
– MARKER DOMES: The MARKER NAME and the MARKER NUMBER entry of the RINEX
observation file is combined to get a station name according to IGS conventions.
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