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Technologies to Operate Year-Round Remote Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Stations in Extreme Environments

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Geodetic and Geophysical Observations in Antarctica

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The POLar Earth observing NETwork(POLENET) is an ambitious international project to deploy geophysical instruments at very remote high-latitude sites during the International Polar Year (IPY). One of the goals of the project is to run instruments year round with as little maintenance as possible. POLENET will be installed using robust lightweight systems, minimizing the need for heavy battery banks as much as possible. This weight reduction is needed in order to meet logistical constraints on deployment at very remote sites. New and established technologies for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) stations are critically examined here in order to determine the best balance between reliable power generation and storage and the logistical cost to deploy such a system. Best practices are summarized from successful projects that have run reliably in extreme polar environments.

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  1. Byrd Polar Research Center and School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 43210

    Michael J. Willis

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  1. Dipto. Ingegneria Meccanica e Civile, Università Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Vignolese, 905, 41100 Modena, Italy

    Alessandro Capra (Prof. Dr.) (Prof. Dr.)

  2. TU Dresden Inst. Planetare Geodäsie, Mommsenstr. 13, 01062 Dresden, Germany

    Reinhard Dietrich (Dr.) (Dr.)

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Willis, M.J. (2008). Technologies to Operate Year-Round Remote Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Stations in Extreme Environments. In: Capra, A., Dietrich, R. (eds) Geodetic and Geophysical Observations in Antarctica. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74882-3_2

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