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This page is thought as a tutorial for the DORIS analysts, but it can also help the visitors to discover the DORIS system in addition to the DORIS dedicated site.

 

Categories: General | DORIS system | Space segment | Ground segment | Stations | Observations | Analysis: models | Analysis Centers | Products

 

General

  • See IDS data structure and formats  for File naming conventions, Data Centers structure, Formats
  • See Outreach material for description of the DORIS system, leaflets, videos, newsletters
  • See Overview of the documentation for all links to the pages where the documentation provided by the IDS is stored.

The DORIS system

  • DORIS system definition
  • DORIS system events: satellites, instruments, satellite control center, SSALTO (control and data processing center), ...

Space segment

  • The DORIS constellation: COSPAR numbers, Launch and Orbital information
  • Spacecraft ID correspondence table for orbit exchange file (SP3c code, NORAD number...)
  • Modelling of the DORIS instruments (description of measurement types; ground, propagation and onboard instrument models):
    1G (Spot-2, -3, -4, Topex) and 2G (Envisat), 2GM (Spot-5, Jason-1)
  • Macromodels: DORIS satellites models implemented in POE processing
  • Attitude laws of Swot and Sentinel-6
  • Attitude:
    • Jason-1 (FTP link)
    • Jason-2 (FTP link)
    • Envisat (FTP link)
    • Topex (FTP link)
    • Jason-3 (FTP link)
    • Sentinel-6A (FTP link)
    • Swot (FTP link)
  • Quaternions:
    • Jason-1 body quaternions and solar panel angles (CDDIS, IGN (FTP))
    • Jason-2 body quaternions and solar panel angles (CDDIS, IGN (FTP))
    • Jason-3 body quaternions and solar panel angles (CDDIS, IGN (FTP)), documentation
    • Cryosat-2 body quaternions
      • TU Delft (FTP), description
      • ESA (FTP): see here how to get access or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; documentation: algorithm description, product format specifications
    • Sentinel-3A&B and Sentinel-6A (Copernicus Sentinels POD data hub); format description (extract); CPOD format specification; API user guide; example of API request
    • Swot body quaternions and solar panel angles (CDDIS, IGN (FTP)), documentation quaternions, documentation solar panel angles
  • Maneuvers: description file, 
    • Jason-1 (FTP link)
    • Jason-2 (FTP link)
    • Envisat (FTP link)
    • Topex (FTP link)
    • Spot2 (FTP link)
    • Spot3 (FTP link)
    • Spot4 (FTP link)
    • Spot5 (FTP link)
    • HY-2A (FTP link)
    • Cryosat-2 (FTP link) (+ time frames when nominal attitude law off (FTP); see description)
    • Saral (FTP link)
    • Jason-3 (FTP link)
    • Sentinel-3A (FTP link)
    • Sentinel-3B (FTP link)
    • Sentinel-6A (FTP link)
    • HY-2C (FTP link)
    • HY-2D (FTP link)
    • Swot (FTP link)
  • Mass and gravity center initial values recommended by IDS (FTP link)
  • Mass and gravity center history: description file
    • Jason-1 (FTP link)
    • Jason-2 (FTP link)
    • Envisat (FTP link)
    • Topex (FTP link)
    • Spot2 (FTP link)
    • Spot3 (FTP link)
    • Spot4 (FTP link)
    • Spot5 (FTP link)
    • HY-2A (FTP link)
    • Cryosat-2 (FTP link)
    • Saral (FTP link)
    • Jason-3 (FTP link)
    • Sentinel-3A (FTP link)
    • Sentinel-3B (FTP link)
    • Sentinel-6A (FTP link)
    • HY-2C (FTP link)
    • HY-2D (FTP link)
    • Swot (FTP link)
  • Laser Reflector Array offset (ILRS): Table of coordinates and details for Jason-1, Jason-2, Envisat, Topex, Cryosat-2, HY-2 (other ILRS links hy-2a, hy-2c, hy-2d), Saral, Jason-3, Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B, Sentinel-6A, Swot
  • Jason-1 SAA corrective model
  • Jason-1 postlaunch satellite characteristics for POD activities
  • Jason-2 satellite geometry
  • Jason-3 characteristics for POD activities
  • Cryosat-2 precise orbit context
  • Cryosat-2 characteristics for DORIS calibration and POD processing
  • Saral characteristics for DORIS calibration plan and POD processing
  • HY-2A input data for Precise Orbit Determination
  • HY-2C input data for Precise Orbit Determination
  • Sentinel-6A POD context
  • Swot characteristics for POD processing
  • DORIS USO sensitivity to radiations

Ground segment

  • The DORIS network
  • Modelling of the ground beacons and ground antennas
  • Geometry and types of ground antenna - Examples of the two types of antennas: Galapagos (Alcatel), Santa Cruz (Starec)
  • Radio-frequency characteristics of the DORIS beacon
  • Antenna phase laws in antex format (see readme):
    • for Alcatel ground antenna
    • for Starec ground antenna, types B and C ; Recommendations on the phase laws implementation for types B and C
  • Interface specification between the DORIS network beacons and the onboard instrument (extract)
  • System requirements for management of the DORIS station network (see also this dedicated page)
  • DORIS site standard configurations
  • Frequency shift mode of the 3rd and 4th generation beacons  
  • About DORIS stations equipment and impact on the frequency

Stations

  • Site logs
  • SINEX master file : stations IDs (codes, DOMES), antenna type, eccentricity
  • Station events: Chronology of the main events that occurred on the DORIS station network (new sites, new antennas, removed sites, failures...) with information on data gaps, invalidated data...
  • DOMES Number the IERS/TRF station naming system. See the IDS FAQ
  • Colocated sites with GPS, SLR, VLBI and tide gauges: see Maps here
  • Station performance history
  • Station frequency shift
  • Stations with external time and frequency references
  • Earthquakes: Earthquakes with magnitude larger than 6 in the vicinity of DORIS sites (less than 500 km) - based on USGS Earthquake notifications 
  • DORIS internal ties: vectors between different antennas on the same site
  • DORIS ties with other IERS techniques: vectors from DORIS to co-located GNSS, SLR or VLBI since 1988.
  • Local surveys: some reports online on ITRF website

Observations

  • DORIS data export formats: DORIS 1.0 (before January 2002), DORIS 2.1, DORIS 2.2 (since June 2008), RINEX/DORIS (see also "About DORIS/RINEX format")
  • CDDIS catalogs of files: All satellites - Spot2 - Spot3 - Spot4 - Spot5 - Topex/Poseidon - Jason-1 - Jason-2 - Envisat - Cryosat-2 - HY-2A - Saral
  • Description of the CNES/SOD preprocessing for the DORIS data export formats (June 2002).
  • Description of CNES/SOD POE processing
  • Detailed standards of the successive CNES/SOD POD configurations defined for the Geophysical Data Records (GDRs) altimetry products and applied for the DORIS satellites : GDR-B (2005), GDR-C (2008), GDR-D (2012), GDR-E (2015) (also named POE-E), POE-F (2018), POE-G (2025)

Analysis: models

  • IERS Conventions: reference systems and frames, astronomical and geophysical models
    Conventions updates, Conventions 2010, Conventions 2003
  • Gravity field: GRIM5 website at GFZ Potsdam
  • Gravity field: GRACE websites at GFZ Potsdam and CSR Austin
  • Gravity field: GRGS time variable models from GRACE/LAGEOS (EIGEN-6S2 and others) and GFZ/GRGS EIGEN mean models at GRGS (e.g. CNES_GRGS.RL05MF_combined_GRACE_SLR_DORIS)
  • Ocean tide models FES (FES99, FES2004, FES2012, FES2014, FES2022)
  • Atmospheric density model: MSIS-2000 (source code)
  • Atmospheric density model: DTM-2012, DTM-2013 (ATMOP project)
  • Local corrections: see IERS Global Geophysical Fluids Center (GGFC) Special Bureaus.
  • Earth Orientation Parameters at IERS EOP product center
  • ITRF solutions: ITRF2014, ITRF2008, ITRF2005, ITRF2000, and others
  • Set of coordinates and velocities of all DORIS stations (extension of the ITRF for Precise Orbit Determination)
    • DPOD2020 (based on ITRF2020) - Produced by IDS Combination Center
    • DPOD2014 (based on ITRF2014) - Produced by IDS Combination Center
    • DPOD2008 (based on ITRF2008) - Available at IPGP
    • DPOD2005 (based on ITRF2005) - Available at IPGP
    • DPOD2000 (based on ITRF2000) - Available at CDDIS and IGN (FTP)
  • IDS recommendations for ITRF2004 (also available here): specific document for Combination Centers describing major DORIS-station related problems (November 2005) - Annexes
  • TU Wien products for troposphere delay corrections

Analysis Centers

  • Analysis summary blank form
  • Analysis summaries of the DORIS weekly SINEX series used in the IDS combination for the realization of ITRF2014

The products and their availability

  • What kind of product and where to find them? See IDS data structure and formats
  • Table of products
  • Products of the Combination Center
  • Orbits: sp1 format, sp3 format, sp3c extended format, sp3c ID correspondence table; more details in NOAA Technical Report NOS 113 NGS 46 (full document - 22 Mb, extract)
  • SINEX format; description, exemple
  • Time series of the Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP) - eop format
  • Time series of station coordinates - STCD format
  • Time series of coordinates of the TRF origin (geocenter) - geocenter format
  • Ionosphere - iono format

Contact: Analysis Coordinator

 
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  • Bibliography
  • Outreach material
  • Activity reports
  • Documents for the data analysis
  • Presentations at IDS meetings
  • IDS-related presentations
  • DORIS-related presentations

About DORIS

  • Tables of data and products
  • Discover DORIS (AVISO website)
  • List of stations (sitelogs)
  • List of satellites
  • Videos of satellites (IDS channel)
  • Maps of the network
  • Network on Google Earth

Monitoring

  • Visualize products time series
  • Table of system events
  • MOE statistics
  • POE statistics
 
 
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