II. Overview of the Experiment System

II-2. Stations in the Remote Islands

by Taizoh Yoshino, Chihiro Miki, Michito Imae, Noriyuki Kurihara, Yuji Sugimoto, Fujinobu Takahashi, Shin'ichi Hama, Hitoshi Kiuchi, Yukio Takahashi, Hiroshi Takaba, Takahiro Iwata, Yasuhiro Koyama, Yuko Hanado, Mamoru Sekido, Junichi Nakajima, Tetsuro Kondo, Hiroshi kuroiwa, Jun Amagai, Akihiro Kaneko, Kuniaki Uchida and Tasuku Teshirogi


Abstract

It is important to have regional VLBI network besides global network, so that independent observational activity may be enhanced smoothly at each part of the globe. As a regional Japanese VLBI (Very Long baseline Interferometry) network, Western Pacific VLBI network (WPVN), was constructed to study plate motion in Western Pacific Region. Thus four VLBI stations were deployed so that each station will provide the behavior of each plate around Japan. Minami-Torishima (Marcus) Island locates at the Pacific Plate. Minami-Daitoh Island locates at the Phillipine Sea Plate. The network consists of a main station in Kashima, two substations in Minami-Torishima (Marcus) Island and Minami-Daitoh Island, and Shanghai at the Eurasian plate. Outline of the two stations in the remote islands and the performance of the observation system are described.
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