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NASA Space Geodesy Program: Catalogue of Site Information NASA Technical Memorandum 4482 NASA Space Geodesy Program: Catalogue of Site Information M. A. Bryant and C. E. Noll March 1993 N93-2137_ (NASA-TM-4482) NASA SPACE GEODESY PROGRAM: CATALOGUE OF SITE INFORMATION (NASA) 688 p Unclas Hl146 0154175 v ,,_r NASA Technical Memorandum 4482 NASA Space Geodesy Program: Catalogue of Site Information M. A. Bryant McDonnell Douglas A erospace Seabro'ok, Maryland C. E. Noll NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 1993 . _= _qum_ Table of Contents Introduction .......................................... ..... ix Map of Geodetic Sites - Global ................................... xi Map of Geodetic Sites - Europe .................................. xii Map of Geodetic Sites - Japan .................................. xiii Map of Geodetic Sites - North America ............................. xiv Map of Geodetic Sites - Western United States ......................... xv Table of Sites Listed by Monument Number .......................... xvi Acronyms ............................................... xxvi Subscription Application ..................................... xxxii Site Information ............................................. Site Name Site Number Page # ALGONQUIN 67 ............................ 1 AMERICAN SAMOA 91 ............................ 5 ANKARA 678 ............................ 9 AREQUIPA 98 ............................ 10 ASKITES 674 ........................... , 15 AUSTIN 400 ............................ 18 AZORES 655 ............................ 22 BALKHASH 634 ............................ 24 BAR GIYYORA 857 ............................ 25 BASOVIZZA 854 ............................ 29 BEAR LAKE 22 ............................ 32 BERMUDA 44 ............................ 39 BLACK BUTTE 206 .................... ........ 44 BLOOMINGTON 243 ............................ 48 oo° 111 pRLI,IIIBI_NG P,,elt'a_ BLAblK NO _, FIL.I_- D Table of Contents (Continued) Site Name Site Number Page # BOROWlEC 630 ............................ 52 BREST 692 ............................ 53 BREWSTER 53 ............................ 55 CABO SAN LUCAS 70 ............................ 57 CAPE YAKATAGA 805 ............................ 61 CARNOUSTIE 693 ............................ 65 CARROLLTON 242 ............................ 67 CERRO TOLOLO 892 ............................ 71 CHANGCHUN 662 ............................ 76 CHICHIJIMA 871 ............................ 77 CHILBOLTON 116 ............................ 82 DEADMAN LAKE 205 ............................ 86 DIONYSOS 855 ............................ 90 DIYARBAKIR 680 ............................ 95 DUNAOVCY 628 ............................ 98 EASTER ISLAND 96 ............................ 99 EFFELSBERG 143 ........................... 105 ELY 26 ........................... 109 ENSENADA 219 ........................... 114 EVPATORIA 629 ........................... 119 FAIRBANKS 61 ........................... 120 FLAGSTAFF 27 ........................... 125 FORT DAVIS 33 ........................... 132 FORT ORD 12 ........................... 138 GOLDSTONE MARS 8C ........................... 144 GOLDSTONE VENUS 8 ........................... 151 GRAND TURK 76 ........................... 157 GRASSE 142 ........................... 161 GRAZ 610 ........................... 168 GREEN BANK 38 ........................... 172 GREENBELT 39 ........................... 177 HACHIJO JIMA 869 ........................... 190 HALEAKALA 90 ........................... 191 iv Table of Contents (Continued) Site Name Site Number Page # HARTEBEESTHOEK 109 ........................... 196 HAT CREEK 714 ........................... 199 HELWAN 650 ........................... 203 HERSTMONCEUX 880 ........................... 204 HIROO 868 ........................... 208 HOBART 999 ........................... 209 HOFN 601 ........................... 210 HOHENBUENSTORF 695 ........................... 211 HOHENSPEISSENBERG 606 ........................... 213 HUAHINE 92 ........................... 214 IQUIQUE 891 ........................... 219 ISIGAKI SHIMA 867 ........................... 223 IWO JIMA 878 ........................... 227 KARITSA 675 ........................... 228 KARLSBURG 608 ........................... 232 KASHIMA 138 ........................... 233 KATAVIA 677 ........................... 238 KATZIVELY 626 ........................... 241 KIRSCHBERG 607 ........................... 242 KITF PEAK 54 ........................... 243 KODIAK 803 ........................... 244 KOKEE PARK 990 ........................... 248 KOMSOMOLSK 633 ........................... 254 KOOTWIJK 118 ........................... 255 KUNMING 663 ........................... 260 KWAJALEIN 136 ........................... 261 LA JOLLA 2 ........................... 266 LA SILLA 348 ........................... 267 LAMPEDUSA 848 ........................... 268 LEONARD 241 ........................... 271 LOS ALAMOS 55 .................... _ ...... 275 MADRID 115 ........................... 277 MAIDANAK 627 ........................... 283 kj V Table of Contents (Continued) Site Name Site Number Page # MAMMOTH LAKES 720 ........................... 284 MARYLAND POINT 40 ........................... 288 MATERA 850 ........................... 292 MAUNA KEA 14I ........................... 299 MAZATLAN 71 ........................... 301 MCDONALD 33B ........................... 305 MEDICINA 851 ........................... 320 MELENGICLIK 684 ........................... 325 METSAHOVI 860 ........................... 330 MILES CITY 52 ........................... 335 MINAMI DAITO JIMA 877 ........................... 339 MINAMI TORI SHIMA (MARCUS) 873 ........................... 343 MIZUSGSI 0V[IZUSAWA) 387 ........................... 348 MOJAVE 8B ........................... 352 MONTE GENEROSO 883 ........................... 359 MONTE VENDA 679 ........................... 360 MONUMENT PEAK 701 ........................... 361 MOUNT HOPKINS 28 ........................... 368 MOUNT WILSON 407 ........................... 372 NATAL 101 ........................... 375 NOBEYAMA 385 ........................... 378 NOME 801 ........................... 379 NORTH LIBERTY 56 ........................... 383 NOTO 852 ..................... , ...... 388 O'HIGGINS 126 ........................... 394 OCOTILLO 201 ........................... 395 OKI GUNTO 876 ........................... 399 OKINAWA (CRL) 874 ........................... 400 OKINAWA 0HD) 881 ........................... 404 ONDREJOV 612 ........................... 408 ONSALA 120 ........................... 409 ORRORAL 134 ........................... 414 OTAY MOUNTAIN 1 ........................... 419 Table of Contents (Continued) Site Name Site Number Page # OWENS VALLEY 11 ........................... 425 PALOS VERDES 4 ........................... 432 PASADENA 6 ........................... 436 PATRICK 42 ........................... 444 PEARBLOSSOM 7 ........................... 449 PENTICTON 69 ........................... 454 PIETOWN 229 ........................... 458 PINYON FLAT 204 ........................... 461 PLATrEVILLE 24 ........................... 466 POINT REYES 212 ........................... 473 POTSDAM 620 ........................... 478 PRESIDIO 13 ........................... 479 PUNTA SA MENTA 853 ........................... 483 QUINCY 14 ........................... 488 RICHMOND 43 ........................... 500 RIGA 624 ........................... 507 ROUMELLI 672 ............................ 508 SAINT CROIX 79 ........................... 513 SAND POINT 802 ........................... 515 SAN FERNANDO 640 ........................... 519 SANTA PAULA, 405 ........................... 523 SANTIAGO 99 ........................... 527 SANTIAGO DE CUBA 46 ........................... 532 SEA'rTLE 50 ........................... 533 SHANGHAI 660 ........................... 537 SHINTOMI (MIYAZAKI) 386 ........................... 542 SHINTOTSUKAWA 388 ........................... 545 SIMEIZ 625 . ; ......................... 548 SIMOSATO 870 ........................... 549 SOCORRO ISLAND 821 ........................... 553 SOURDOUGH 804 ........................... 556 TIDBINBILLA 131 ........................... 561 TOKYO 139 ........................... 564 vii Table of Contents (Continued) Site Name Site Number Page # TOULOUSE 697 ........................... 565 TROMSOE 671 ........................... 567 TRYSIL 696 ........................... 571 TSUKUBA 389 ........................... 572 TSUSHIMA 875 ........................... 576 USSURIISK 632 ........................... 580 USUDA 140 ........................... 581 VANDENBERG 9 ........................... 582 VERNAL 413 ........................... 590 VICTORIA 59 ............................ 596 WAKKANAI 866 ........................... 599 WESTFORD 41 ........................... 603 WE'VI'ZELL 119 ........................... 610 WHITEHORSE 806 ........................... 621 WUHAN 661 ........................... 625 XRISOKALARIA 676 ........................... 626 YARAGADEE 133 ........................... 631 YELLOWKNIFE .......................... 636 YIGILCA ....................... 641 YOZGAT -'---- ................... 646 YUMA .................... 647 ZIMMERWALD ..................... 652 °°° VIII INTRODUCTION This is the first edition of the NASA Space Geodesy Program: Catalogue of Site Information. This catalogue supersedes all previous versions of the Crustal Dynamics Project: Catalogue of Site Information,
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