DORIS Days is the name given to introductory courses on the DORIS technique and IDS activities organized by the IDS.
The first edition, initially planned for 2020 at the University of Vienna, Austria, alongside the EGU but postponed due to the Covid health crisis, was held online in November 2021.
The IDS aims to deliver this training regularly, adapting it to the target audience.
Three sessions held online on November 16, 17 and 18, 2021.
Purpose: introductory course to give non-practitioners in DORIS the opportunity to broaden their knowledge on the DORIS technique as well as on the use of the IDS routine products.
Session 1 (Introduction to DORIS and the International DORIS Service)
S1P00 Welcome and Introduction
S1P01 Introduction to DORIS for POD & Geodesy
S1P02 DORIS System Technical Overview
S1P03 DORIS the space surveyor (pptx with video)
S1P04 Focus on some specific features of the DORIS system (pptx with pre-recorded interview) (text in pdf)
S1P05 Overview of Ground Network
S1P06 Network virtual tour (mkv video)
S1P07 Data flow description
S1P08 Summary of IDS online resources
S1P09 Organization of DORIS data analysis
S1P10 Web plottools demonstration (mkv video)
Session 2 (Overview of Products Derived from DORIS)
S2P00 Introduction
S2P01 Overview of Products for DORIS
S2P02 Overview of Software Processing for DORIS
S2P03 System (POD & Positioning & EOP) Performance
S2P04 Why use DORIS on satellite mission?
S2P05 Application of DORIS for the geocenter (pptx with pre-recorded interview) (text in pdf)
S2P06 How to become involved in the DORIS community?
Session 3 (Description DORIS Station Installation and Operations Requirements)
S3P01 Introduction
S3P02 Site tour at La Réunion DORIS station: (pptx with video)
S3P03 Network requirements
S3P04 Optimizing DORIS station distribution: (pptx with pre-recorded interview) (text in pdf)
S3P05 Ground station components
S3P06 Fourth Generation Beacon Description
S3P07 Antenna environment
S3P08 Impact of local antenna environment on data quality
S3P09 Geodetic requirements
S3P10 Local tie surveys at DORIS sites (pptx with video)
S3P11 Colocation and compatibility with VLBI (pptx with video)
S3P12 Maintenance requirements
S3P13 Tour round the network stations (slide show) not available
2nd edition of the “DORIS Days" designed to offer both a foundational and hands-on experience with DORIS and the IDS community, tailored especially to early-career researchers and students.
Day 1 – Monday, 3 November (second half of UTC day, online only)
Introductory and advanced presentations on the DORIS system, IDS, precision applications, and associated tools and products.
Venue: online only
Day 2 – Wednesday, 5 November (full day, hybrid with in-person participation strongly encouraged)
Introduction to handling and processing DORIS data, with theoretical lectures and guided practical sessions using Jupyter Notebook.
Venue: National Technical University of Athens, Greece – Zografos Campus, School of Rural Surveying & Geoinformatics Engineering, Labadarion Building 9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, 15780 Athens
DORIS: Features, advantages, contributions in ICRF, ITRF and terrestrial orientation parameter estimation. [YouTube video; spanish version, english version]
Introduction to the Space-Geodetic Technique DORIS [PDF slides]
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Launched in April 2016, the IDS Newsletter aims to provide regular information on the DORIS system and the life of IDS to a wide audience, from the host agencies to the other sister services..
The issues are distributed electronically. They can also be downloaded from the links given below.
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