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Description
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) is a geometric technique: it measures the time difference between the arrival at two Earth-based antennas of a radio wavefront emitted by a distant quasar. VLBI precisely locates points on Earth by comparing radio signals from a quasar radio source located in deep space received at different times at different Earth ground stations. This method gives relative positions of the Earth stations. VLBI data can be used to calculate information on Earth rotation, length of day, polar motion, baseline and velocities of stations. Products generated by VLBI contribute to research in many areas, including solid Earth, tides, studies of the vertical, fundamental astronomy, and VLBI technique improvement.
Product Summary
Platforms
GROUND STATIONS
Instruments
VLBI Station
Spatial Extent
Geographic Region
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1979-08-03 to Present
Data Partner
Crustal Dynamics Data Information System, Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (CDDIS)
Concept ID
C1000000043-CDDIS
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
2
Processing Level
1
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
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