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Summary
The DGPS SAAB R5 is a combined GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou and GALILEO receiver, with options for L1/L2/L5, L-Band
and RTK operation with optional licenses or subscriptions. It is equipped with a MXB5 DGPS antenna.
| Manufacturer | SAAB |
|---|---|
| Model | DGPS SAAB R5 |
| Serial No. | n/a |
| Type | satellite positioning system |
Contacts
| Name | Institution | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Gerchow | Alfred-Wegener-Institute | Data Provider |
| Reederei Briese | Reederei Briese | Engineer In Charge |
Components
The GPS receiver is installed on the bridge deck. The antenna is installed on the observation deck.
No subdevices found for this sensor.
Position
| Origin Description: | xyz-position of antenna from Alignment Survey Report RV Heincke (January 2016). Antenna located on observation deck, device located on bridge deck. |
| X: | 38.938 m (Positive X axis is forward and along the centerline of the vessel with X0 at the Stern point of the vessel.) |
| Y: | 2.11 m (Positive Y axis is portside of centerline with Y0 at centerline at the Very stern point of the vessel.) |
| Z: | 16.356 m (Positive Z axis is upwards of basis. Z0 is set to the hydrophone on midship.) |
Data logging, storage and archiving
Logged parameters
| Parameter | Sensor Output Type | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| course over ground | attitude | degree |
| day | date and time | unknown |
| GPS quality indicator | quality flag | unknown |
| latitude | latitude | degree |
| longitude | longitude | degree |
| month | date and time | month |
| number of satellites | index | number |
| speed over ground | speed | knots |
| year | date and time | year |
Central geographical ship's position and time standard
Time synchronization is done by DShip receiving the data for logging. Still the data itself contains GPS time information.
Rawdata storage on board
Data storage in DShip system.
| Device name | DGPS Saab |
| Parameter | Course over ground [deg]; DGPS_Debeg.GPGGA.EW; DGPS_Debeg.GPGGA.NS; GPS_Debeg.GPGGA.Sentence; DGPS_Debeg.GPGGA.UTC_of_position; DGPS_Debeg.GPVTG.Sentence; DGPS_Debeg.GPZDA.Sentence; GPS Quality indicator; Latitude; Local_zone_hours; Local_zone_minutes; Longitude; Month; Number of satellites; Speed over ground [kn]; UTC Raw; Year |
Data archiving on land
After the cruise the DShip data set can be extracted from https://dms.awi.de.