Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1334 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2008.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1334 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: Please see the master schedule. Start: 2008-175-17:00:00 End: 2008-176-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2008175 (2008.48) ( 14641 MJD, MON. 23JUN.) Greenwich sidereal time: 11: 8: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 6h 11.3m 23d 24.8 =========================================================== 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 On Tc Wf Wz 0537-441 08175-170000| 43 43 | 1435+638 08175-170000| 167 189 200 200 144| 0727-115 08175-170252| 82 82 | 0821+394 08175-170407| 43 43| 0912+029 08175-170508| 130 200 200 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ma Ny On Tc Wf Wz 0955+476 08176-165714| 43 43 | OK290 08176-165753| 127 127| 0537-441 08176-165830| 43 43 | OJ287 08176-165837| 43 43 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1334.skd for experiment R1334 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 4.2 Min = 0.0 Max = 58.4 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 0420-014) RMS = 7.1 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ft Hh Ma Ny On Tc Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 45 33 41 44 48 47 50 39 43 % cal. time: 3 3 5 5 5 3 5 5 4 % slew time: 40 45 34 22 29 10 21 15 27 % idle time: 11 19 20 28 17 40 23 40 25 total # scans: 266 239 412 391 451 259 443 422 360 # scans/hour : 11 10 17 16 19 11 18 18 15 Avg scan (sec): 147 118 86 98 92 155 97 81 108 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1408 1014 1273 1375 1488 1449 1545 1228 1348 Total GB(M5): 1252 901 1132 1222 1323 1288 1373 1092 1198 # 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: 9582.8 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Ma Ny On Tc Wf Wz StnTotal -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 90 16 13 12 163 49 16 359 Hh| 64 27 39 57 35 66 378 Ma| 100 175 20 102 165 642 Ny| 179 8 175 100 602 On| 14 117 177 713 Tc| 70 18 350 Wf| 121 669 Wz| 663 Number of 2-station scans: 973 Number of 3-station scans: 231 Number of 4-station scans: 13 Number of 5-station scans: 25 Number of 6-station scans: 5 Number of 7-station scans: 3 Number of 8-station scans: 2 Total # of scans, observations: 1252 2188 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA 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 ONSALA60 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 1435+638 1.00 1.50 8.73 191 27 1402+044 1.00 1.50 0.55 12 12 2021+317 1.00 1.50 0.96 21 21 1937-101 1.00 1.50 0.96 21 11 0420-014 1.00 1.50 8.78 192 35 0912+029 1.00 1.50 4.75 104 22 0426+273 1.00 1.50 1.74 38 12 0821+394 1.00 1.50 4.57 100 30 0148+274 1.00 1.50 1.33 29 17 0153+744 1.00 1.50 1.69 37 27 Total 34.05 745 214 =========================================================== 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 FFFFF TFF =========================================================== Major Options Subnet FtHhMaNyOnTcWfWz MinSubNetSize 0 SkyCov Yes All_Bl_Good Yes FillIn Yes FillMinSub 2 FillMinTime 120 FillBest 80 Best 60 Min_Between 20 MaxSlewTime 60 Time_window 1.00 Add_ps 30.0 SNRWts Yes =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hh HARTRAO Mark5A Ma MATERA Mark5A Ny NYALES20 Mark5A On ONSALA60 Mark5A Tc TIGOCONC 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 On Tc Wf Ft Hh Ma Ny On Tc Wf Hh 20 Hh 15 Ma 20 20 Ma 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 On 20 20 20 20 On 15 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 12 Wf 20 20 20 20 20 15 Wf 15 15 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 12 15