GPS processing using GAMIT/GLOBK

University of Bristol, UK (2–5 May 2017)

Workshop group photograph

The workshop was led by Dr (MIT). (University of Bristol) assisted with the tutorial sessions. The poster advertizing this workshop is here.

We wish to thank the British Geophysical Association for their generous support that helped to make this workshop possible. We also thank our organizing host, Juliet Biggs, and the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol.

Final schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

MONDAY 1 MAY 2017: Pre-workshop help session (optional but recommended)

15:00 Arrive at Wills Memorial Building
15:00–18:00 Installation of GAMIT/GLOBK [PPT (608 kB)] [PDF (1.9 MB)]

TUESDAY 2 MAY 2017: Basics of GPS and GAMIT/GLOBK

09:00–09:15 Arrive at the Wills Memorial Building
09:15–09:30 Welcoming remarks by hosts
09:30–10:00 Introductions by participants
10:00–11:00 Fundamentals of GPS for geodesy [PPT (4.0 MB)] [PDF (2.1 MB)]
11:00–11:30 BREAK
11:30–12:30 GPS data from receiver to processing input [PPT (385 kB)] [PDF (379 kB)]
12:30–13:30 LUNCH (including presentations by participants*)
13:30–14:00 Basics of GPS processing workflow [PPT (367 kB)] [PDF (334 kB)]
14:00–15:00 Practice and tutorial time
15:00–15:30 BREAK
15:30–16:30 Reference frames [PPT (6.3 MB)] [PDF (6.6 MB)]
16:30–17:00 Practice and tutorial time

* Presentations by participants are expected to be no more than 3 minutes/2 slides introducing their work or project, interest in and use of GPS, and intended directions for future work, etc. Please 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.

WEDNESDAY 3 MAY 2017: Processing with GAMIT/GLOBK

09:00–10:00 Questions and discussion time from previous day
10:00–11:00 Batch processing with sh_gamit [PPT (639 kB)] [PDF (626 kB)]
11:00–11:30 BREAK
11:30–12:30 Post-processing with GLOBK [PPT (417 kB)] [PDF (375 kB)]
12:30–13:30 LUNCH (including presentations by participants*)
13:30–14:00 Practice and tutorial time
14:00–14:30 Generating time series with glred [PPT (586 kB)] [PDF (432 kB)]
14:30–15:00 Practice and tutorial time
15:00–15:30 BREAK
15:30–16:00 Generating velocity solutions with globk [PPT (491 kB)] [PDF (401 kB)]
16:00–17:00 Practice and tutorial time
18:00 Workshop group dinner at The Stable Bar & Restaurant (optional)

THURSDAY 4 MAY 2017: Processing with track and advanced concepts I

09:00–10:00 Questions and discussion time from previous day
10:00–11:00 Introduction to and basics of processing with TRACK [PPT (588 kB)] [PDF (579 kB)]
11:00–11:30 BREAK
11:30–12:30 Examples of track use [PPT (26 MB)] [PDF (23 MB)]
12:30–13:30 LUNCH
13:30–14:00 Practice and tutorial time
14:00–15:00 Time series and error analysis with FOGMEx (tsfit/tsview), CATS and Hector [PPT (7.3 MB)] [PDF (4.8 MB)]
16:00–16:30 Demonstration of field equipment and setups (bonus lecture material: [PPT (14 MB)] [PDF (17 MB)])
16:30–17:00 Practice and tutorial time

FRIDAY 5 MAY 2017: Advanced concepts II

09:00–10:00 Questions and discussion time from previous day
10:00–11:00 Dealing with earthquakes and other non-linear motions [PPT (16 MB)] [PDF (15 MB)]
11:00–11:30 BREAK
11:30–12:15 Guided tour of the Wills Memorial Building
12:15–12:30 Workshop group photograph
12:30–13:30 LUNCH
13:30–14:30 Practice and tutorial time
14:30–15:00 Utilities and scripts [PPT (1.9 MB)] [PDF (2.4 MB)]
15:00–15:30 BREAK
15:30–17:15 Practice and tutorial time
17:15–17:30 Concluding remarks
17:30 Depart workshop