GPS processing using GAMIT/GLOBK

University of Bristol, UK (12–16 January 2015)

The workshop will be led by Dr Michael Floyd (MIT) and Dr Kirill Palamartchouk (Newcastle University).

Before attending the course, we require participants to complete prerequisite tasks, including installing the software and at least working through the example. Please contact your institutional representative for the password to chandler.mit.edu, or if your institution is not registered as a GAMIT/GLOBK user, to download the latest version of GAMIT/GLOBK.

Final schedule
MONDAY 12 JANUARY 2015: Basics of GPS and GAMIT/GLOBK
09:00–09:15 Welcoming remarks by hosts
09:15–10:00 Introductions by participants
10:00–11:00 Fundamentals of GPS for geodesy [PPT (3.8 MB)] [PDF (2.1 MB)]
11:00–11:30 BREAK
11:30–12:30 Installation of GAMIT/GLOBK [PPT (500 kB)] [PDF (740 kB)]
12:30–13:30 LUNCH
13:30–14:00 GPS field measurements [PPT (12 MB)] [PDF (17 MB)]
14:00–14:30 GPS data from receiver to processing input [PPT (422 kB)] [PDF (430 kB)]
14:30–15:30 Practice and tutorial time
15:30–16:00 BREAK
16:00–17:00 Practice and tutorial time
TUESDAY 13 JANUARY 2015: Processing with GAMIT/GLOBK
09:00–09:30 Questions and discussion time from previous day
09:30–10:00 Basics of GPS processing workflow [PPT (408 kB)] [PDF (387 kB)]
10:00–11:00 Batch processing with sh_gamit [PPT (674 kB)] [PDF (679 kB)]
11:00–11:30 BREAK
11:30–12:30 Practice and tutorial time
12:30–13:30 LUNCH
13:30–14:15 Survey mode measurements and analysis [PPT (7.6 MB)] [PDF (7.0 MB)]
14:15–14:45 Practice and tutorial time
14:45–15:30 Reference frames [PPT (4.8 MB)] [PDF (5.3 MB)]
15:30–16:00 BREAK
16:00–17:00 Practice and tutorial time
WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 2015: Post-processing with GLOBK
09:00–09:30 Questions and discussion time from previous day
09:30–10:15 Overview of post-processing with GLOBK [PPT (459 kB)] [PDF (418 kB)]
10:15–11:00 Practice and tutorial time
11:00–11:30 BREAK
11:30–12:30 Generating time series with glred [PPT (612 kB)] [PDF (467 kB)]
12:30–13:30 LUNCH
13:30–14:30 Generating velocity solutions with globk [PPT (521 kB)] [PDF (436 kB)]
14:30–15:30 Presentations by participants I*
15:30–16:00 BREAK
16:00–17:00 Presentations by participants II*

* Presentations by participants are expected to be no more than 5 minutes/5 slides introducing their work or project, interest in and use of GPS, and intended directions for future work, etc. Everyone should arrive with a few slides prepared although it is not expected that everyone will give a presentation, only one per representative of an institution or broad project. This gives everyone a more detailed view of each others' science and opens up opportunities for discussion and collaboration.

THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015: Advanced concepts
09:00–09:30 Questions and discussion time from previous day
09:30–10:30 Time series and error analysis with FOGMEx (tsfit/tsview), CATS and Hector [PPT (4.6 MB)] [PDF (7.1 MB)]
10:30–11:00 Practice and tutorial time
11:00–11:30 BREAK
11:30–12:30 Data weighting, and dealing with earthquakes and other non-linear motions [PPT (10 MB)] [PDF (11 MB)]
12:30–13:30 LUNCH
13:30–14:30 Extracting atmospheric parameters [PPT (2.8 MB)] [PDF (2.7 MB)]
14:30–15:30 Practice and tutorial time
15:30–16:00 BREAK
16:00–17:00 Practice and tutorial time
FRIDAY 16 JANUARY 2015: Processing with TRACK
09:00–09:30 Questions and discussion time from previous day
09:30–10:15 Introduction to and basics of processing with TRACK [PPT (625 kB)] [PDF (637 kB)]
10:15–11:00 Practice and tutorial time
11:00–11:30 BREAK
11:30–12:30 Examples of track use [PPT (15 MB)] [PDF (12 MB)]
12:30–13:00 LUNCH
13:00–13:45 Guided tour of the Wills Memorial Building
13:45–14:00 Workshop group photograph
14:00–17:00 Practice and tutorial time [Example] [TRACK command file]