HOFN DORIS site description form


0. Form

    Prepared by   : SIMB (DORIS installation and maintenance department)
    Date prepared : 20/01/2025
    Report type   : Update


1. Site location information

    Site name              : HOFN
    Site DOMES number      : 10204
    Host agency            : Landmælingar Islands
    City                   : Höfn
    State or province      : Austurland
    Country                : Iceland
    Tectonic plate         : Eurasia
    Geological information : Bedrock

    Geographical coordinates (ITRF) : 
        North Latitude       :    64 deg 16'  1''
        East Longitude       :   -15 deg 11' 54''
        Ellipsoid height     :    82 m
        Approximate altitude :    16 m


2. DORIS antenna and reference point information

2.1
    Four character ID        : HOFC
    Antenna model            : Starec C type 
    Antenna serial number    : 194 
    IERS DOMES number        : 10204S001
    CNES/IGN number          : 102041
    DORIS SSALTO number      : 348
    Date installed (dd/mm/yy): 24/09/2020
    Date removed (dd/mm/yy)  : 17/04/2024
    Antenna support type     : 0.45m stainless steel tripod 
    Installed on             : 1.2m high 70cm squared pillar
    Height above ground mark : 0.889m
    Ground mark type         : Mark on top of the pillar
    Ground mark DOMES number : 10204M005
    Notes                    : 

2.3
    Four character ID        : HOGC
    Antenna model            : Starec C type
    Antenna serial number    : 221
    IERS DOMES number        : 10204S002
    CNES/IGN number          : 10204
    DORIS SSALTO number      : 1348
    Date installed (dd/mm/yy): 18/04/2024
    Date removed (dd/mm/yy)  : 
    Antenna support type     : 0.45m stainless steel tripod 
    Installed on             : 1.2m high 70cm squared pillar
    Height above ground mark : 0.884m
    Ground mark type         : Mark on top of the pillar
    Ground mark DOMES number : 10204M005
    Notes                    : 


3. DORIS beacons information

3.1
    Beacon serial number        : 19104021I
    Beacon model                : 4.0
    USO serial number           : 4.P0015
    4 Char. ID of the REF point : HOGC
    Date installed (dd/mm/yy)   : 24/09/2020
    Date removed (dd/mm/yy)     : 


4. ITRF coordinates and velocities of the current DORIS ref. point (HOGC)

    Solution         : dpod2020_030
    Epoch            : 2000.0 

    X = 2679718.544 m    Y = -727978.228 m    Z = 5722772.211 m
    Sig X = 0.010 m    Sig Y = 0.011 m    Sig Z = 0.009 m

    VX = -0.00572 m/y    VY = 0.01356 m/y    VZ = 0.01714 m/y
    Sig VX = 0.0004 m/y    Sig VY = 0.0005 m/y    Sig VZ = 0.0004 m/y


5. IERS colocation information

5.1
   Instrument type       : GNSS
   Status                : Permanent
   DOMES number of the
   instrument ref. point : 10204M002
   Notes                 : IGS station "HOFN"

6. Tide Gauge colocation information


7. Local site ties

7.1
    Point description      : Mark under the DORIS antenna
    DOMES number           : 10204M005
    Differential components from the current DORIS ref. point (HOFC)
    to the above point (in the ITRS) :
    dX (m)                 : -0.372
    dY (m)                 : 0.103
    dZ (m)                 : -0.801
    Accuracy (m)           : 0.001
    Date measured          : 23/09/2020
    Additional information : Survey by IGN-F

7.2
    Point description      : Permanent GNSS station IGS (HOFN)
    DOMES number           : 10204M002
    Differential components from the current DORIS ref. point (HOFC)
    to the above point (in the ITRS) :
    dX (m)                 : -28.490
    dY (m)                 : 26.971
    dZ (m)                 : 17.005
    Accuracy (m)           : 0.001
    Date measured          : 23/09/2020
    Additional information : Survey by IGN-F

8. Meteorological Instrumentation

8.1 Humidity sensor
    Model        : AM2315
    Manufacturer : AOSONG
    Accuracy     : +/- 2 percents
    Notes        : 

8.2 Pressure sensor
    Model        : BMP280
    Manufacturer : Bosch
    Accuracy     : +/- 0.12 hPa, equiv. to +/- 1 m
    Height       :  m below the current DORIS ref. point (HBMB)
    Notes        : Long term stability +/- 1 hPa per year

8.3 Temperature sensor
    Model        : AM2315
    Manufacturer : AOSONG
    Accuracy     : +/- 0.1 deg C
    Notes        : 


9. DORIS network contacts

    Primary contact:

    Name            : Jerome SAUNIER
    Agency          : IGN Institut Geographique National
    Mailing address : Service de Geodesie et de Metrologie
                    : 73 avenue de Paris
                    : 94165 SAINT-MANDE Cedex    FRANCE
    Telephone       : + 33 1 43 98 83 63
    Fax             :  
    E-mail          : jerome (.) saunier (@) ign.fr

    Secondary contact:

    Name            : Vincent GARCIA
    Agency          : CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
    Mailing address : CNES (DNO/TSA/IS)
                    : 18 Avenue Edouard Belin
                    : 31401 TOULOUSE Cedex    FRANCE
    Telephone       : + 33 5 61 27 37 75
    Fax             :  
    E-mail          : vincent (.) garcia (@) cnes.fr