GPS data that show...
… tectonic plates moving

GPS Data Products


Station Id	Location
ALBH	Albert Head, Victoria, Canada
BEMT	Twentynine Palms, CA
NEAH	Neah Bay, WA
SBCC	Mission Viejo, CA
SEAT	Seattle, WA

Educational resources using these stations
• Using GPS Time Series Plots to Determine Plate Motion in California
• Using GPS Data to Visualize the Influence of a Subducting Plate in the Pacific Northwest
• Visualizing Relationships between Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Boundaries in the Western United States
• Episodic Tremor and Slip: The Case of the Mystery Earthquakes

… movement on different sides of a fault

GPS Data Products


Station Id	Location
BEMT	Twentynine Palms, CA
SBCC	Mission Viejo, CA

Educational resources using these stations
• Using GPS Time Series Plots to Determine Plate Motion in California
• Visualizing Relationships between Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Boundaries in the Western United States

… rebound of plates after an earthquake!

GPS Data Products


Station Id	Location
CAND	Parkfield,, CA
CARH	Parkfield, CA

Educational resources using these stations
• Using GPS Time Series Plots to Determine Plate Motion in California

… movement on a subduction zone

GPS Data Products


Station Id	Location
NEAH	Neah Bay, WA
PABH	Pacific Beach, WA
P020	Lind, WA
SC03	Ellensburg, WA
SEAT	Seattle, WA

Educational resources using these stations
• Using GPS Data to Visualize the Influence of a Subducting Plate in the Pacific Northwest
• Visualizing Relationships between Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Boundaries in the Western United States
• Episodic Tremor and Slip: The Case of the Mystery Earthquakes

… ground motions from volcanic activity

GPS Data Products


Station Id	Location
P697	St Helens, Cougar, WA

Educational resources using these stations
• Coming soon...

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Selected GPS Stations

To discover more GPS stations and data, try the Data archive interface. . By following this link, you will receive a map similar to the one above with access to data in RINEX and Position Time Series (in pos and csv) formats.

General GPS Education Materials

• How to Get Started with Using UNAVCO's GPS Data
• How does GPS Work?
• Locating Position Using GPS
• Applications of GPS
• Examples of high-precision measuring techniques
• Reference frames
• Understanding the data (what does processed data mean?)
• Deciphering time series plots
• Converting csv to xls
• Using Excel to make a plot from data (macro and tutorial)
• Vectors and adding vectors