BELGRANO DORIS site description form 0. Form Prepared by : SIMB (DORIS installation and maintenance department) Date prepared : 6/05/2004 Report type : NEW 1. Site location information Site name : BELGRANO Site DOMES number : 66018 Host agency : Instituto Antartico Argentino City : State or province : Country : Antarctica (Argentine base) Tectonic plate : Geological information : Geographical coordinates (ITRF) : North Latitude : -77 deg 52' 26'' East Longitude : -34 deg 37' 41'' Ellipsoid height : 240 m m Approximate altitude : 2. DORIS antenna and reference point information 2.1 Four character ID : BELB Antenna model : Starec 52291 type Antenna serial number : 102 IERS DOMES number : 66018S001 CNES/IGN number : 66018 CTDP number : 240 Date installed (dd/mm/yy): 06/02/2004 Date removed (dd/mm/yy) : Antenna support type : 30 cm sided very rigid metal tower, 2 m high Installed on : set on a 70 cm sided concrete block built on a : granite outcrop. Height above ground mark : 2.437 m Ground mark type : Ground mark DOMES number : Notes : 3. DORIS beacons information 3.1 Beacon serial number : 99 04 124 Beacon model : 2.0 USO serial number : 3.142 4 Char. ID of the REF point : BELG Date installed (dd/mm/yy) : 10/01/2004 Date removed (dd/mm/yy) : 4. ITRF coordinates and velocities of the current DORIS ref. point (BELB) Solution : ITRF2000 frame Epoch : 1997.0 X = 1106057.90 m Y = -763816.80 m Z = -6214233.61 m Sig X = 0.03 m Sig Y = 0.037 m Sig Z = 0.13 m VX = 0.0213 m/y VY = -0.0002 m/y VZ = -0.0317 m/y Sig VX = 0.025 m/y Sig VY = 0.034 m/y Sig VZ = 0.112 m/y 5. IERS colocation information 5.1 Instrument type : GPS Status : Permanent DOMES number of the instrument ref. point : 66018M002 Notes : 6. Tide Gauge colocation information 7. Local site ties 8. Meteorological Instrumentation 8.1 Humidity sensor Model : SMP35D Manufacturer : VAISALA Accuracy : +/- 5 percents Notes : 8.2 Pressure sensor Model : PTB202 Manufacturer : VAISALA Accuracy : +/- 0.5 mb Height : 0.5 m above the current DORIS ref. point (BELB) Notes : long term stability = +/- 0.2 mb/year 8.3 Temperature sensor Model : SMP35D Manufacturer : VAISALA Accuracy : +/- 0.25 deg C Notes : 9. DORIS network contacts Primary contact: Name : Herve FAGARD Agency : Institut Geographique National Mailing address : Service de Geodesie et de Nivellement : 2 Avenue PASTEUR : 94165 SAINT-MANDE CEDEX FRANCE Telephone : + 33 1 43 98 81 48 Fax : + 33 1 43 98 84 50 E-mail : herve.fagard@ign.fr Secondary contact: Name : Francois BOLDO Agency : Institut Geographique National Mailing address : CNES (ED/AL/MA) : 18 Avenue Edouard BELIN : 31401 TOULOUSE Cedex FRANCE Telephone : + 33 5 61 27 40 72 Fax : + 33 5 61 28 25 95 E-mail : Simb.Doris@cnes.fr