Expansion and Operation of the GULFNET Geodetic Reference Network Along the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Mexico

1997年，路易斯安那州立大学开始建设GULFNET，这是一个由连续运行的参考站和时断时续的运动目标组成的大地测量系统。最初建造该系统是为了支持高精度的沉降测量和与横向正常断层相关的应变，该系统也被设计为支持大地测量质量定位。该系统目前由四个连续运行的电台和24个活动目标组成，并由与国家科学基金会(国家科学基金会--EAR 9725330)和路易斯安那州董事会签订的合同提供支持。这些连续运行的空间站将很快获得国家大地测量(NGS)的认证，成为支持国家空间参考系统(NSRS)的连续运行参考系统(CORS)的官方组成部分。美国陆军工程兵团(新奥尔良地区)通过这份拟议合同提供的资金将允许GULFNET通过增加三个额外的持续运营地点和基础设施来扩大GULFNET，以继续运营网络。该系统的这一新部分将于2002年初投入使用，并将几乎完全覆盖路易斯安那州海岸。

In 1997, Louisiana State University began construction of GULFNET, a geodetic systemconsisting of continually operating reference stations and episodic campaign targets.Originally built to support high precision measurement of subsidence and lateral normalfault related strain, the system was also designed to support geodetic-qualitypositioning. This system currently consists of four continuously operating stations and 24episodic campaign targets and is supported by contracts with the National ScienceFoundation (NSF-EAR 9725330) and the Louisiana Board of Regents. The continuouslyoperating stations will soon become certified by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) asofficial parts of the Continuously Operating Reference System or CORS, that supports theNational Spatial Reference System (NSRS). Funds originating from US Army Corps ofEngineers (New Orleans District) through this proposed contract will permit the expansionof GULFNET by adding three additional continuously operating sites and the infrastructureto continue operation of the network. This new part of the system will come on line inearly 2002 and will provide near complete coverage of the Louisiana coast.