GPS Geodesy

The College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University presently operate three permanent GPS sites at Newport, OR (NEWP), Corvallis, OR (CORV), and McMinnville, OR (MCMV). The sites are operated and maintained jointly by Marine Geology and Geophysics within COAS. The Principal Investigators are Chris Goldfinger (OSU) and John Nabelek (OSU). NEWP and CORV have been in operation since 1996. The MCMV site was added in 2003. We have also conducted campaigns across central Oregon in1996 -2001.

The OSU permanent sites are part of the Pacific Northwest Geodeti Array (PANGA). Further information about the scientific goals of PANGA and participating and collaborating PANGA members can be found through the links below.

Recent Publications 2000 GRL paper 2001 Tectonics paper

Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array (PANGA) Participating Institutions:

UW: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
CWU: Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, USA.
GSC Pacific: Geological Survey of Canada, Sidney, B.C., Canada.
CVO: Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, WA, USA.
OSU: Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. (This Site)

Data, site information logs, and photos from NEWP and CORV are available from OSU at the following link: OSU Site Data Data from NEWP, CORV, MCMV and other PANGA sites can be found the PANGA link below, and well as the Scripps GPS data archive.

ph +1 541.737.5214
fax +1 541.737.2064
email gold@coas.oregonstate.edu

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