RINEX Data
Instructions about how to read a data file follow.
NAMING CONVENTION
( lower case only )
Preferred file name: ssssdddh.c
Accepted file name: ssssdddh.yyt.c
ssss 4-character station
name designator (For example: PRDU is the Purdue University name
designator)
ddd day of the year of
first observation ( 001, 002 ..., 366 )
h Hour long GPS time
block identifier
0 file contains all the
existing data of the current day (24 hours)
a file contains data
from 0:00:00 GPS - 0:59:55 GPS of the current day (assuming 5
second collection rate)
b file contains data
from 1:00:00 GPS - 1:59:55 GPS of the current day
c file contains data
from 2:00:00 GPS - 2:59:55 GPS of the current day
x file contains data
from 23:00:00 GPS - 23:59:55 GPS of the current day
yy 2 digit year ( 98,
99, 00, 01 .. )
t file type
o observation file
n navigation file
s summary file
m meteorological file
g glonass Navigation
file
d obs file with Hatanaka
conversion
c compression type
Z UNIX Compressed
zip PKZipped
gz gzipped
data data is the RINEX
data files in compressed format (see file naming requirements)
