Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1322 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2008.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== Parameter values for experiment R1322 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: Please see the master schedule Nominal start: 2008-091-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2008-092-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2008091 (2008.25) ( 14557 MJD, MON. 31MAR.) Greenwich sidereal time: 5:37: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 0h 41.7m 4d 29.4 =========================================================== There are no observations for Wettzell from 18:15 U.T. to 19:45 U.T. Wettzell will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz 0642+449 08091-170000| 50 45 45 42 40 50 40| 0059+581 08091-170200| 40 40 40 | 3C371 08091-170348| 41 40 41 | 0607-157 08091-170430| 197 60 103 197 64| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz 0607-157 08092-164733| 196 59 101 196 64| 1236+077 08092-164947| 54 54 | 0642+449 08092-165248| 50 45 45 42 40 50 40| 1044+719 08092-165442| 84 44 84 52| CTA26 08092-165657| 61 61 49 | 0014+813 08092-165705| 40 40 40| 1923+210 08092-165843| 52 52 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1322.skd for experiment R1322 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 9.9 Min = 0.0 Max = 130.9 (Baseline Tc-Ts on NRAO512 ) RMS = 13.6 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 38 24 36 36 43 30 37 33 35 % cal. time: 3 3 5 6 3 6 5 5 5 % slew time: 40 51 36 29 10 23 19 15 29 % idle time: 17 21 21 28 43 40 38 45 32 total # scans: 288 258 452 525 260 481 418 470 394 # scans/hour : 12 11 19 22 11 20 17 20 16 Avg scan (sec): 113 80 70 60 143 54 76 61 81 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1278 840 1294 1321 1431 1107 1297 1197 1221 Total GB(M5): 1136 747 1151 1174 1272 984 1153 1064 1085 # of tapes : 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 tape change times (hhmm): Total number of tapes: 0.6 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 8679.9 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz StnTotal -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 121 87 43 178 16 153 82 680 Hh| 145 44 87 65 53 123 638 Ma| 317 52 224 185 407 1417 Ny| 22 373 246 352 1397 Tc| 42 119 46 546 Ts| 182 250 1152 Wf| 208 1146 Wz| 1468 Number of 2-station scans: 390 Number of 3-station scans: 244 Number of 4-station scans: 173 Number of 5-station scans: 133 Number of 6-station scans: 39 Number of 7-station scans: 7 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 986 4222 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA TSUKUB32 Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256.000 Mbits 128.000 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 0.01 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 140.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 50.9 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 Recording mode setup for: HARTRAO MATERA NYALES20 TIGOCONC WESTFORD WETTZELL Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256.000 Mbits 128.000 MHz 14 1 16 Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 0.01 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 140.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 50.9 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual Num #Scans 1622-297 1.00 1.50 0.52 22 16 1655+077 1.00 1.50 0.88 37 12 1236+077 1.00 1.50 0.85 36 9 0833+585 1.00 1.50 1.71 72 14 0010+405 1.00 1.50 0.90 38 17 0754+100 1.00 1.50 1.66 70 18 1823+568 1.00 1.50 1.73 73 10 1936-155 1.00 1.50 0.52 22 12 2355-106 1.00 1.50 0.69 29 13 NRAO140 1.00 1.50 1.26 53 15 Total 10.71 452 136 =========================================================== Minor Options Option Norm Wt Aux_Parm Astro Abs 3.00 BegScan Rel 1.00 EndScan Rel 1.00 NumObs Rel 1.00 StatIdle Abs 3.00 StatWt Abs 1.00 FFFFT FFF =========================================================== Major Options SkyCov Yes Min_Between 20 Best% 60.0 Last_Hrs 1.00 Add_ps 30.00 Obs_Wts SNRwt =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hh HARTRAO Mark5A Ma MATERA Mark5A Ny NYALES20 Mark5A Tc TIGOCONC Mark5A Ts TSUKUB32 Mark5A Wf WESTFORD Mark5A Wz WETTZELL Mark5A =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 5) S-band (margin 3) Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Ts Wf Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Ts Wf Hh 20 Hh 15 Ma 20 20 Ma 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 Ts 20 20 20 20 15 Ts 15 15 15 15 12 Wf 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wf 15 15 15 15 12 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 12 15 15