GPS Data Processing and Analysis with GAMIT/GLOBK/TRACK

UNAVCO Headquarters, Boulder, Colorado, USA (10–14 August 2015)

This workshop was led by Prof. Dr and Dr (MIT).

Before attending the course, we required 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
All times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6)
MONDAY 10 AUGUST 2015: Basics of GPS and GAMIT/GLOBK
09:00–09:15 Welcoming remarks by hosts
09:15–09:45 Introductions by participants
09:45–10:30 Working with command-line systems and GAMIT/GLOBK [PowerPoint (388 kB)] [PDF (1.4 MB)]
10:30–11:00 Break
11:00–11:45 Fundamentals of GPS for geodesy [PowerPoint (3.7 MB)] [PDF (2.0 MB)]
11:45–12:30 Practice and tutoring time
12:30–13:30 Lunch
13:30–14:15 Basics of batch GPS processing with sh_gamit [PowerPoint (386 kB)] [PDF (386 kB)]
14:15–14:45 Practice and tutoring time
14:30–15:00 Overview of post-processing with GLOBK [PowerPoint (167 kB)] [PDF (132 kB)]
15:30–16:00 Break
16:00–17:00 Practice and tutoring time
TUESDAY 11 AUGUST 2015: Processing with GAMIT/GLOBK
09:00–09:30 Questions and discussion time from previous day
09:30–10:00 Generating time series with glred/sh_glred [PowerPoint (333 kB)] [PDF (204 kB)]
10:00–10:30 Generating velocity solutions with globk [PowerPoint (235 kB)] [PDF (168 kB)]
10:30–11:00 Break
11:00–12:30 Practice and tutoring time
12:30–13:30 Lunch
13:30–14:15 Verticals: atmosphere, loading, and reference frames [PowerPoint (5.9 MB)] [PDF (6.0 MB)]
14:15–14:45 Practice and tutoring time
14:45–15:30 Error analysis [PowerPoint (4.6 MB)] [PDF (7.2 MB)]
15:30–16:00 Break
16:00–17:00 Practice and tutoring time
WEDNESDAY 12 AUGUST 2015: Advanced concepts
09:00–09:30 Questions and discussion time from previous day
09:30–10:30 Processing large continuous networks [PowerPoint (506 kB)] [PDF (406 kB)]
10:30–11:00 Break
11:00–12:00 Survey mode measurements and analysis [PowerPoint (7.5 MB)] [PDF (6.6 MB)] [Recipe PDF (51 kB)]
12:00–12:30 Practice and tutoring time
12:30–13:30 Lunch
13:30–14:00 Workshop photo and tour of UNAVCO facility
10:45–11:45 Dealing with earthquakes and other non-linear motions [PowerPoint (15 MB)] [PDF (15 MB)]
15:00–15:30 Practice and tutoring time
15:30–16:00 Break
16:00–17:00 Practice and tutoring time
THURSDAY 13 AUGUST 2015: Processing with track
09:00–09:30 Questions and discussion time from previous day
09:30–10:30 Introduction to and basics of processing with track [PowerPoint (338 kB)] [PDF (355 kB)]
10:30–11:00 Break
11:00–11:30 Practice and tutoring time
11:30–12:30 Examples of track use [PowerPoint (26 MB)] [PDF (25 MB)]
12:30–13:30 Lunch
13:30–14:30 Utility programs and scripts [PowerPoint (1.6 MB)] [PDF (2.2 MB)]
14:30–15:30 Practice and tutoring time
15:30–16:00 Break
16:00–17:00 Practice and tutoring time
FRIDAY 14 AUGUST 2015: Discussions, wrap-up and depart
09:00–09:30 Questions and discussion time from previous day
09:30–10:30 Practice and tutoring time
10:30–11:00 Break
11:00–12:00 Practice and tutoring time
12:00 Lunch and depart

Download all presentations: PowerPoint slides (63 MB zip-file); PDFs (60 MB zip-file).