FALKLAND ISLAND
Station summaryFALK
| IGS-type acronym : | FALK |
| Latitude : | -51.69365269 |
| Longitude : | -57.87406734 |
| Installed date : | 2008-07-22 |
| Decommissioned date : | |
| Country : | UK |
| City: | PORT STANLEY |
| Station status : | active (green) |
| Distance to Tide Gauge (m) : | 3698 |
| Domes Nr.: | 80602M001 |
| Station operator: | (JPL) - Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| IGS-like station form : |
GPS position times seriesFALK
Position
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Offsets (mm)
| M | Material change or malfunction |
| E | Earthquake |
| RF | Reference Frame change |
| U | Unknown |
| NA | Not available |
| Position discontinuity | |
| Velocity discontinuity |
Data available at SONELFALK
Quality plots on RINEX filesFALK
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Plots generated using software developed with the EPN team at ROB |
| Observations & tracking performance | Satellite tracking |
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The satellite tracking graph has been calculated for all stations for the first day of each month. If you wish to have a graph for another date, choose the 'Calculate a specific date' option.
Comparison with satellite altimetry data
- Link to Sea Level Differences (Satellite altimetry minus tide gauge data).
Co-located instrumentsFALK
- Tide gauge : STANLEY II (FALTG)
BibliographyFALK
If you have a relevant reference to suggest, please send-us an e-mail : sonel@sonel.org-
Woodworth, Pugh et al., 2010. Long‐term and recent changes in sea level in the Falkland Islands. Journal of Geophysical Research.
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Woodworth, Hibbert, 2015. Sea-level monitoring in the British verseas Territories. Journal of Operational Oceanography.
Log bookFALK
[IGSSTATION-7862] - 2020-02-05 (18/03/2020)
Septentrio receiver f/w has been updated from 5.3.0 to 5.3.2 for following IGS sites.
ABPO, ARUC, BREW, CHPI, DGAR, FALK, GODE, IISC, JPLM, KOKB, NLIB, SUTH, USUD, VACS
Please see the respective site logs for details.
