[IGSMAIL-6361] ARIA Coseismic Displacements from the March 11, 2011 M9.0 Japanese earthquake

[Angelyn Moore]

(Forwarded to IGSMail on behalf of Susan Owen)

Dear Colleagues,

In response to the M9.0 earthquake in Japan on March 11, 2011, the ARIA team at 
JPL and Caltech have produced a “version 0.1” set of horizontal coseismic 
displacements based on our solutions from GEONET GPS sites. We are posting 
coseismic vectors as well as a table with offset values on the following 
anonymous ftp site:

ftp://sideshow.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/usrs/ARIA

All original GEONET RINEX data provided to Caltech by the Geospatial Information 
Authority (GSI) of Japan.  These offsets are the difference between two 
bias-fixed 5 minute position estimates (00:00 UTC and 06:00 UTC), calculated 
using GIPSY-OASIS in kinematic positioning mode. As a result, they are not 
relative to any site within the network. The solutions were estimated using 
JPL’s Rapid orbit and clock product. While these solutions are likely to have 
errors on the order of several cm in the offset position, as the signal from 
this earthquake is very large we are posting these results for response use by 
the community.

  In your use of these vectors, please use the following accreditation:

  "Preliminary GPS displacement data (version 0.1) provided by the ARIA team at 
JPL and Caltech.  All Original GEONET RINEX data provided to Caltech by the 
Geospatial Information Authority (GSI) of Japan."

  We are in the process of refining our solutions and jump estimation strategy 
and will post our (version 0.2) results when completed and reviewed.

Sincerely,
Susan Owen
ARIA-Earthquake Principal Investigator

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Susan E. Owen, Ph.D.
Satellite Geodesy and Geodynamics Systems Group
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MS 238-600
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
Voice: (818) 393-2524
Fax:     (818) 393-4965
Email: Susan.Owen at jpl.nasa.gov
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