Toward geodynamic studies and GNSS CORS measurements: West Ukrainian GNSS network data processing using Bernese v5.2 software

Iurii Golubinka1 iurii.golubinka [at] gmail.com
Sergiy Kramarenko2 sergey.kramarenko [at] gmail.com
Oleksandr Lompas2 lompasalex [at] gmail.com
Dmytro Marchenko1 dmitriy.marchenko [at] gmail.com
  1. Department of Engineering Geodesy, Institute of Geodesy, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine, Lviv, S. Bandery street 12
  2. Department of Higher Geodesy and Astronomy, Institute of Geodesy, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine, Lviv, S. Bandery street 12
Abstract 

Presented study is organized to enhance the services provided by number of GNSS stations in Western Ukrainian region, which are mainly a network of Continuously Operated Reference Stations (CORS) established in different years by different institutions, and improve the efficiency of the GNSS data usage. The main objective of the study is to compute CORS velocities, using available three years’ data, establish an automated procedure of further data computation. The interpretation of the velocities together with geological data for the region and estimation of the crustal movement as well as extension of the studied region to all Ukrainian area

Keywords 
satellite geodesy
GNSS
GPS
CORS
velocity vector
time series
plate tectonic
Bernese GNSS software v5.2
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