Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1336 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 R1336 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: Please see the master schedule. Nominal start: 2008-189-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2008-190-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2008189 (2008.52) ( 14655 MJD, MON. 7JUL.) Greenwich sidereal time: 12: 4: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 7h 9.1m 22d 29.2 =========================================================== 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 On Tc Wf Wz 0727-115 08189-170000| 83 83 43 | 1611+343 08189-170000| 43 43 43 43| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ny On Tc Wf Wz 1424-418 08190-165517| 200 150 200 | 1739+522 08190-165548| 162 155 162 61| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1336.skd for experiment R1336 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 7.5 Min = 0.0 Max = 59.9 (Baseline Ft-Hh on 0537-441) RMS = 11.2 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ft Hh Ny On Tc Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 50 33 49 47 55 46 40 46 % cal. time: 3 3 5 5 3 5 5 4 % slew time: 34 48 23 31 10 18 16 26 % idle time: 11 15 22 16 31 30 38 24 total # scans: 302 267 413 447 293 402 432 365 # scans/hour : 13 11 17 19 12 17 18 15 Avg scan (sec): 144 107 103 91 161 99 80 111 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1561 1027 1529 1467 1699 1429 1244 1422 Total GB(M5): 1388 912 1359 1304 1510 1270 1106 1264 # of tapes : 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 tape change times (hhmm): Total number of tapes: 0.5 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 8849.5 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Ny On Tc Wf Wz StnTotal --------------------------------------------- Ft| 144 10 27 244 106 33 564 Hh| 26 79 135 37 88 509 Ny| 305 7 225 301 874 On| 22 223 341 997 Tc| 108 25 541 Wf| 185 884 Wz| 973 Number of 2-station scans: 410 Number of 3-station scans: 320 Number of 4-station scans: 151 Number of 5-station scans: 14 Number of 6-station scans: 17 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 912 2671 =========================================================== 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 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 1011+250 1.00 1.50 0.97 26 18 0831+557 1.00 1.50 1.05 28 16 1510-089 1.00 1.50 0.75 20 14 1547+507 1.00 1.50 1.01 27 21 0827+243 1.00 1.50 1.31 35 15 NRAO140 1.00 1.50 1.12 30 10 1954+513 1.00 1.50 1.61 43 12 0615+820 1.00 1.50 1.01 27 27 2216-038 1.00 1.50 1.20 32 10 1150+497 1.00 1.50 1.09 29 7 Total 11.12 297 150 =========================================================== 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 FF =========================================================== Major Options SkyCov Yes Min_Between 20 Best% 60.0 Last_Hrs 24.00 Add_ps 30.00 Obs_Wts SNRwt =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hh HARTRAO 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 Ny On Tc Wf Ft Hh Ny On Tc Wf Hh 20 Hh 15 Ny 20 20 Ny 15 15 On 20 20 20 On 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 Wf 20 20 20 20 15 Wf 15 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 12 15