Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1335 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: R1335 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: Please see the master schedule. Start: 2008-182-17:00:00 End: 2008-183-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2008182 (2008.50) ( 14648 MJD, MON. 30JUN.) Greenwich sidereal time: 11:36: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 6h 40.3m 23d 6.9 =========================================================== 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 Ny Sh Tc Ts Wf Wz 0219+428 08182-170000| 200 170 58 200 | 1057-797 08182-170000| 200 200 200 | 1923+210 08182-170230| 50 50| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ny Sh Tc Ts Wf Wz 1057-797 08183-165144| 200 200 200 | 0620+389 08183-165225| 200 200| 1044+719 08183-165439| 66 43 66 | 1300+580 08183-165622| 164 164 | 2150+173 08183-165709| 168 168 | 1255-316 08183-165816| 56 56| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1335.skd for experiment R1335 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.0 Min = 0.0 Max = 130.9 (Baseline Tc-Ts on NRAO512 ) RMS = 9.1 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Ny=NYALES20 Sh=SESHAN25 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ft Hh Ny Sh Tc Ts Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 40 34 44 40 44 43 52 46 43 % cal. time: 3 3 4 5 3 6 5 5 4 % slew time: 36 49 23 40 10 22 21 15 27 % idle time: 20 13 28 14 42 28 21 33 25 total # scans: 240 240 373 435 250 507 429 433 363 # scans/hour : 10 10 16 18 10 21 18 18 15 Avg scan (sec): 145 121 101 80 154 73 106 92 108 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1253 1048 1361 1252 1382 1333 1630 1435 1337 Total GB(M5): 1114 932 1210 1112 1228 1185 1449 1275 1188 # 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: 9505.3 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Ny Sh Tc Ts Wf Wz StnTotal -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 95 7 0 129 1 47 20 299 Hh| 31 27 64 27 23 49 316 Ny| 70 2 112 114 128 464 Sh| 2 290 94 142 625 Tc| 18 79 20 314 Ts| 108 144 700 Wf| 136 601 Wz| 639 Number of 2-station scans: 1009 Number of 3-station scans: 244 Number of 4-station scans: 38 Number of 5-station scans: 1 Number of 6-station scans: 0 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 1292 1979 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA SESHAN25 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 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 0850+581 1.00 1.50 6.37 126 30 0256+075 1.00 1.50 2.17 43 25 1749+701 1.00 1.50 1.26 25 25 1830+285 1.00 1.50 0.76 15 15 1257+145 1.00 1.50 1.31 26 18 0620+389 1.00 1.50 2.43 48 33 2150+173 1.00 1.50 1.67 33 24 0007+171 1.00 1.50 0.91 18 18 0219+428 1.00 1.50 2.58 51 36 0952+179 1.00 1.50 1.31 26 19 Total 20.77 411 243 =========================================================== 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 Subnet FtHhNyShTcTsWfWz 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 Ny NYALES20 Mark5A Sh SESHAN25 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 Ny Sh Tc Ts Wf Ft Hh Ny Sh Tc Ts Wf Hh 20 Hh 15 Ny 20 20 Ny 15 15 Sh 20 20 20 Sh 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