Project
title: "GPS - Geodesy for Tectonics, Kinematics, and Dynamics of
Indian Plate and its margins by global network solution"
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Project
Leader : Dr.-Ing.Mrs
E.C.Malaimani
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Significant
Achievements
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NGRI
has an International Global Positioning System Services for Geodynamics
(IGS) Permanent Tracking Station that is continually operational since
1995.
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The
station was established with an objective of carrying out studies on
Indian plate Kinematics, Plate Tectonics, Crustal deformations and the
driving forces and mechanisms of Indian Plate movement.
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Fig
1.NGRI IGS GPS Permanent Tracking Station
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The
data is being accrued continuously and transmitted to IGS Data Center
directly; thereby NGRI has become one of the data contributing agencies.
Apart from the data being available for the global users at the IGS data
center, the data is also archived at NGRI.
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With
the data accrued till date and after analyzing and processing in the
Global Network Solution, the Indian Plate movement has been estimated to
be towards NNE direction at the rate of 3.7 2cm/yr and this has been
also revalidated with the inclusion of the data accrued till date.
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The
Time Series of Hyderabad site co-ordinates and the velocity vector of
Hyderabad site are being constantly updated.
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Special
Activities At Antarctica:
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"Studies
on Seismotectonics and Geodynamical Processes between India and
Antarctica"
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Continuous
GPS monitoring between India and Antarctica" Fig 8a
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"
Continuous Operation of Seismological Observatory" Fig 8b
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Fig
8(a,b). GPS Monument and the Seismic Vault at Maitri
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MAITRI
GPS Data and all the other details of SCAR 1998 to 2002 Epoch GPS
Campaigns could be accessed at the following websites:
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http://www.tu-dresden.de/ipg/SCARGPS/MAIT.html
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http://www.tu-dresden.de/ipg/SCARGPS/db_2000.html
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http://www.tu-dresden.de./ipg/SCARGPS/db_2001.html
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Other
Expertise available with the group:
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The
group can undertake Civil Aviation assignments for Aircraft Landing
purposes as it has already established a GPS reference Station at
Hyderabad Airport for Airport Authorities of India (AAI).
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The
group and the infrastructure are well equipped for carrying out Real
Time Kinematics Survey (RTK), Automatic Fleet Management System, Vehicle
Tracking and Defence applications like Missile Launching and Tracking.
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