About DORIS/RINEX format - International DORIS Service

RINEX/DORIS 3.0 is a format derived from the RINEX/GPS format and adapted for the phase and pseudo-range measurements of the DGXX instruments

Format description: A detailed description is given in the specific document "RINEX DORIS 3.0".; A quick description of the DORIS/RINEX format can be found in "Introduction to DORIS RINEX. The principle chosen in this document is to take an example of RINEX content and describe the main parameters.

About RINEX/DORIS data processing: Recommendations from the Analysis Coordination.; Model equations for a complete solution using the DORIS raw phase and pseudo-range measurements are detailed in the document "DORIS models and solutions" (draft).; RINEX/DORIS processing in the GINS software is presented in the document "The Doppler observation equation in the GINS software".

Routines to read DORIS/RINEX files (courtesy by Jean-michel Lemoine, CNES): The "tar file" contains the Fortran90 subroutines used in GINS to read the RINEX files. The comments are in French. The routines read a file named "RINEX_test" which contains either 1 or more (concatenated) RINEX files and produce on output a file named "mesures_doris_format_gins". In this file the measurement is the phase difference during the 10" count interval on the 2 GHz channel (the Doppler count).; The subroutines have been updated on 2024/05/16 in order to take into account the shift in frequency of some DORIS ground beacons.; For any question or mistake found in those subroutines, please contact Jean-michel Lemoine.

Data archive and naming conventions: The related part to DORIS/RINEX files is extracted from the IDS data structure and formats and reported hereafter.; File naming convention; Name: sssrxYYDDD.LLL.Z (Ex: ja2rx09001.002.Z); where; sss = the satellite three-character abbreviation (1); rx = fixed part (rx for rinex); YY = last two digits of year of first data; DDD = three-digit day of year of first data; LLL = version number (starting with 001 for the initial version) when the file is replaced; Z = (upper cap) points to compacted file (Unix); (1) Three-character satellite name abbreviations:; ja2 = Jason-2; cs2 = Cryosat-2; h2a = HY-2A; srl= Saral; Archive at Data Centers; At NASA/CDDIS : ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/; At IGN : ftp://doris.ensg.ign.fr/pub/; Structure:; /doris; /data; /sss [satellite sss]; /YYYY [year YYYY; from 2008]; sssrxYYDDD.LLL.Z [daily raw data file]; /V001 [for ja2 only, archive of first version of rinex files]; sssrxYYDDD.001.Z [daily raw data file]; rinex_V001_readme [readme file for ja2 first version of rinex file]

Publications: Štěpánek, P.; Moreaux, G.; Hugentobler, U.; Filler, V., . The GOP Analysis Center: DORIS contribution to ITRF2020, ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH, :, DOI : 10.1016/j.asr.2022.11.038; Lemoine, J.M.; Capdeville, H.; Soudarin, L., 2016. Precise orbit determination and station position estimation using DORIS RINEX data, in DORIS Special Issue: Scientific Applications of DORIS in Space Geodesy, F. Lemoine and E.J.O. Schrama (Eds.), ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH, 58(12):2677-2690, DOI:10.1016/j.asr.2016.06.024; Mercier, F.; Cerri, L.; Berthias, J.P., 2010. Jason-2 DORIS phase measurement processing, in DORIS Special Issue: Scientific Applications in Geodesy and Geodynamics, P. Willis (Ed.), ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH, 45(12):1441-1454, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.12.002; Papanikolaou, X, 2023. Methodology for orbit determination using DORIS RINEX data, PhD dissertation, DOI: 10.12681/eadd/53868

Presentations (in chronological order): AWG 2008 March; New DORIS RINEX Data Format (Description) (CNES: E. Lourme); AWG 2008 June; RINEX/DORIS Update (IDS: L. Cerri, L. Soudarin, G. Tavernier); IDS Workshop 2008; DORIS System: the new age (CNES: A. Auriol, C. Tourain, B. Besson) Abstract Slides; Jason 2 Doris Measurements (CNES/SOD : F. Mercier, L. Cerri, S. Houry) Abstract Slides; GINS software evolutions for the Jason-2 data processing: RINEX and DORIS 2.2 formats (CLS/CNES: L. Soudarin, H. Capdeville, J.M. Lemoine, H.M. Pau, B. Nhun Fat) Abstract Slides; OSTST 2008 meeting; Doris phase measurements, rinex format (CNES/SOD : F. Mercier, L. Cerri, S. Houry); AWG 2011 May; Processing of DORIS RINEX data, and relationship with the 2.2 format (CNES: L. Cerri, F. Mercier); IDS Workshop 2012; Implementation and use of the DORIS RINEX phase measurement in the GINS software (CNES/GRGS: J.M. Lemoine); IDS Workshop 2014; Use of DORIS RINEX Doppler measurement with the GINS software (CLS/CNES : L. Soudarin, H. Capdeville, J.M. Lemoine, P. Schaeffer); New DORIS Doppler Parameterization Inferred from Phase Measurement Analyses (CNES: A. Couhert, F. Mercier); AWG May 2015; Improvements in the DORIS phase modeling (CNES: F. Mercier); DORIS RINEX data processing at CNES/CLS AC (CNES/CLS: J.-M. Lemoine and H. Capdeville); AWG October 2015; Report on RINEX processing with Jason-2 (NASA/GSFC: Nikita Zelensky); Explanation of the difference in rms residuals between DORIS2.2 and RINEX-PANDOR data (CNES: J.-M. Lemoine); AWG May 2016; GRG DORIS RINEX data processing (CNES: J.-M. Lemoine); IDS Workshop 2016; Which datation method for DORIS-RINEX data (CNES: J.-M. Lemoine); AWG May 2017; DORIS/RINEX data processing with GIPSY and GipsyX, Preliminary results and plans (IGN/JPL: P. Willis); AWG September 2018; IDS DORIS RINEX Processing at the European Space Operations Centre (ESA/ESOC: M. Otten)