MIAMI DORIS site description form


0. Form

    Prepared by   : SIMB (DORIS installation and maintenance department)
    Date prepared : 29/12/2025
    Report type   : UPDATE


1. Site location information

    Site name              : MIAMI
    Site DOMES number      : 49914
    Host agency            : Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science (RSMAS)
    City                   : Miami
    State or province      : Florida
    Country                : U.S.A.
    Tectonic plate         : NOAM
    Geological information : 

    Geographical coordinates (ITRF) : 
        North Latitude       :    25 deg 43' 58''
        East Longitude       :   -80 deg  9' 47''
        Ellipsoid height     :   -12 m
        Approximate altitude :    14 m


2. DORIS antenna and reference point information

2.1
    Four character ID        : MIAB
    Antenna model            : Starec 52291 type
    Antenna serial number    : 112
    IERS DOMES number        : 49914S003
    CNES/IGN number          : 499141
    DORIS SSALTO number      : 251
    Date installed (dd/mm/yy): 10/02/2005
    Date removed (dd/mm/yy)  : 
    Antenna support type     : 30 cm sided very rigid metal tower, 1 m high
    Installed on             : upper terrace of a three-storey building, above
                               one of the load-bearing concrete pillars
    Height above ground mark : 1.365 m
    Ground mark type         : Hexagonal domed brass
    Ground mark DOMES number : 49914M003
    Notes                    : 


3. DORIS beacons information

3.1
    Beacon serial number        : 2819049
    Beacon model                : 3.0
    USO serial number           : 3.373
    4 Char. ID of the REF point : MIAB
    Date installed (dd/mm/yy)   : 07/02/2005
    Date removed (dd/mm/yy)     : 11/02/2016

3.2
    Beacon serial number        : 2819057
    Beacon model                : 3.0
    USO serial number           : 3.326
    4 Char. ID of the REF point : MIAB
    Date installed (dd/mm/yy)   : 11/02/2016
    Date removed (dd/mm/yy)     : 13/03/2020

3.3
    Beacon serial number        : 19104012I
    Beacon model                : 4.0
    USO serial number           : 4.P0013
    4 Char. ID of the REF point : MIAB
    Date installed (dd/mm/yy)   : 14/03/2020
    Date removed (dd/mm/yy)     : 


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

    Solution         : dpod2020_050
    Epoch            : 2000.0 

    X = 982220.895 m    Y = -5664702.383 m    Z = 2752418.766 m
    Sig X = 0.002 m    Sig Y = 0.001 m    Sig Z = 0.001 m

    VX = -0.01219 m/y    VY = 0.00234 m/y    VZ = 0.00190 m/y
    Sig VX = 0.00018 m/y    Sig VY = 0.00011 m/y    Sig VZ = 0.00009 m/y


5. IERS colocation information

5.1
    Instrument type       : GNSS
    Status                : Permanent
    DOMES number of the
    instrument ref. point : 49914
    Notes                 : Proposed IGS station "RSUM"


6. Tide Gauge colocation information

6.1
    Name         : Virginia Key
    Location     : Virginia Key
    GLOSS number : 
    Distance     : 182 m
    Notes        : WOCE 9023


7. Local site ties

7.1
    Point description      :  Ex-IGS-station "AOML"
    DOMES number           : 49914S001
    Differential components from the current DORIS ref. point (MIAB)
    to the above point (in the ITRS) :
    dX (m)                 : 75.903
    dY (m)                 : 95.153
    dZ (m)                 : 195.725
    Accuracy (m)           : 0.002
    Date measured          : 01/02/2005
    Additional information : Survey by IGN-F

7.2
    Point description      : MIA3 Continuous Operating Core Station
    DOMES number           : 49914M999
    Differential components from the current DORIS ref. point (MIAB)
    to the above point (in the ITRS) :
    dX (m)                 : 289.446
    dY (m)                 : 55.186
    dZ (m)                 : 0.887
    Accuracy (m)           : 0.002
    Date measured          : 01/02/2005
    Additional information : Survey by IGN-F

7.3
    Point description      : Tide gauge benchmark NOAA 214A
    DOMES number           : 
    Differential components from the current DORIS ref. point (MIAB)
    to the above point (in the ITRS) :
    dX (m)                 : 121.233
    dY (m)                 : -28.743
    dZ (m)                 : -133.429
    Accuracy (m)           : 0.002
    Date measured          : 01/02/2005
    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 (MIAB)
    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