IVS Technology

VGOS Documentation


The VGOS development and network evolution have been covered in several publications. Please find below a non-exhaustive compilation of reports and presentations. The documents are time-ordered with the newest on top.

Reports

  • B. Petrachenko, A. Bertarini, W. Alef, D. Behrend, R. Cappallo, H. Hase, C. Ma, A. Niell, A. Nothnagel, X. Zhang: VGOS Data Transmission and Correlation Plan (Version: November 18, 2014). Internal Report, VGOS Project Executive Group (VPEG).
  • B. Petrachenko, D. Behrend, H. Hase, C. Ma, A. Niell, A. Nothnagel, X. Zhang: VGOS Observing Plan. Internal Report, VGOS Project Executive Group (VPEG), February 13, 2014.
  • B. Petrachenko: VLBI2010 Feed Comparison. Internal Report, VLBI2010 Project Executive Group (V2PEG), 4 pp., February 2013.
  • B. Petrachenko: VLBI2010 Receiver Back End Comparison. Internal Report, VLBI2010 Project Executive Group (V2PEG), 9 pp., January 2013.
  • W.T. Petrachenko, A.E. Niell, B.E. Corey, D. Behrend, H. Schuh, J. Wresnik: VLBI2010: Next Generation VLBI System for Geodesy and Astrometry. In: S. Kenyon, M.C. Pacino, U. Marti (eds.), Geodesy for Planet Earth, International Association of Geodesy Symposia 136, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-642-20337-4, pp. 999–1006, 2012. (submittal version)
  • H. Hase, D. Behrend, C. Ma, B. Petrachenko, H. Schuh, A. Whitney: Evaluation of the VLBI2010 Survey of the IVS Network Stations. Internal Report, VLBI2010 Project Executive Group (V2PEG), January 2011.
  • D. Behrend, J. Böhm, P. Charlot, T. Clark, B. Corey, J. Gipson, R. Haas, Y. Koyama, D. MacMillan, Z. Malkin, A. Niell, T. Nilsson, B. Petrachenko, A. Rogers, G. Tuccari, J. Wresnik: Recent Progress in the VLBI2010 Development. In: M.G. Sideris (ed.), Observing our Changing Earth, International Association of Geodesy Symposia 133, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-540-85425-8, pp. 833–840, 2009. (submittal version)
  • B. Petrachenko, A. Niell, D. Behrend, B. Corey, J. Böhm, P. Charlot, A. Collioud, J. Gipson, R. Haas, T. Hobiger, Y. Koyama, D. MacMillan, T. Nilsson, A. Pany, G. Tuccari, A. Whitney, J. Wresnik: Design Aspects of the VLBI2010 System. Progress Report of the VLBI2010 Committee. NASA Technical Memorandum, NASA/TM-2009-214180, 58 pp., June 2009.
  • A. Niell, A. Whitney, B. Petrachenko, W. Schlüter, N. Vandenberg, H. Hase, Y. Koyama, C. Ma, H. Schuh, G. Tuccari: VLBI2010: Current and Future Requirements for Geodetic VLBI Systems. In: International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry 2005 Annual Report, edited by D. Behrend and K. Baver, NASA/TP-2006-214136, pp. 13–40, 2006.

Presentations