Published July 1, 2025 | Version v1.0
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A Comprehensive GNSS Dataset from the 40th Laura Bassi Expedition to Antarctica

  • 1. EDMO icon University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
  • 2. Univerza v Ljubljani Fakulteta za pomorstvo in promet

Contributors

  • 1. ROR icon Jožef Stefan Institute

Description

This comprehensive dataset offers 200 days of raw GNSS receiver measurements acquired continuously during an Antarctic research vessel expedition, spanning October 7, 2024, to April 24, 2025. Data is provided in daily-segmented UBX binary files, capturing multi-constellation L1-band observations. Specific message types include UBX-NAV-PVT for position and time, UBX-NAV-SAT for satellite metadata, UBX-MON-RF for RF front-end diagnostics, UBX-MON-SPAN for FFT results of the received signal spectrum, UBX-RXM-MEASX for raw satellite pseudorange and carrier-phase data, and UBX-RXM-RLM for intermittent Galileo SAR return-link messages. The file organization by UTC date facilitates efficient batch parsing while maintaining individual file sizes under approximately 600 MB.

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Additional details

Related works

Is supplemented by
Software: 10.5281/zenodo.17396807 (DOI)

Funding

The Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Care4SIGNAL - Ocena tveganja motenj signalov GNSS v slovenskem državnem omrežju stalnih postaj SIGNAL V2-2342
The Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Trajnostni in digitalni okvir za varnost in zaščito v pristaniščih L7-60164

Software

Repository URL
https://github.com/aljazblatnik/GNSS
Programming language
Python
Development Status
Active