Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1526 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2012.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1526 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2012-086-17:00:00 End: 2012-087-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2012086 (2012.24) ( 16013 MJD, MON. 26MAR.) Greenwich sidereal time: 5:18: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 0h 23.6m 2d 33.4 =========================================================== 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 Ny On Tc Ww Wf Wz 0229+131 12086-170000| 181 111 114 181 111 74| 2000+472 12086-170417| 68 68 55| 3C446 12086-170541| 174 250 250 78 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ny On Tc Ww Wf Wz 0537-441 12087-164549| 43 43 | 0133+476 12087-164640| 46 46 44 43| 0656+082 12087-164854| 119 119 81| 2255-282 12087-164914| 43 43 | 0707+476 12087-165155| 172 323 323 238| 1144-379 12087-165230| 306 306 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1526.skd for experiment R1526 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 6.2 Min = 0.0 Max = 102.9 (Baseline Ww-Wz on CTA26 ) RMS = 11.9 Total time: 1438 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Tc=TIGO Ww=WARK12M Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ft Hh Ny On Tc Ww Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 37 35 51 56 48 36 55 39 45 % cal. time: 3 3 4 5 3 2 4 5 3 % slew time: 35 53 21 25 5 5 18 14 22 % idle time: 25 8 23 13 44 57 22 41 30 total # scans: 222 227 379 390 228 141 360 407 294 # scans/hour : 9 9 16 16 10 6 15 17 12 Avg scan (sec): 143 134 117 125 181 220 131 83 141 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1141 1095 1595 1754 1484 1118 1701 1215 1388 Total GB(M5): 1014 973 1418 1559 1319 994 1512 1080 1234 # of tapes : 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 tape change times (hhmm): Total number of tapes: 8.0 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 9869.5 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Ny On Tc Ww Wf Wz StnTotal -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 84 22 41 146 19 95 45 452 Hh| 40 77 73 67 40 91 472 Ny| 308 5 19 222 300 916 On| 17 2 211 350 1006 Tc| 65 90 17 413 Ww| 21 2 195 Wf| 204 883 Wz| 1009 Number of 2-station scans: 330 Number of 3-station scans: 232 Number of 4-station scans: 196 Number of 5-station scans: 27 Number of 6-station scans: 12 Number of 7-station scans: 1 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 798 2673 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA HARTRAO NYALES20 ONSALA60 TIGOCONC WARK12M WESTFORD WETTZELL 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 0.00 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 0402-362 1.00 1.50 0.04 1 1 0302+625 1.00 1.50 0.64 17 9 0707+476 1.00 1.50 1.05 28 11 Total 1.72 46 21 =========================================================== 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 2.00 5 TIGOCONC 6.00 6 WARK12M 6.00 =========================================================== Major Options Subnet FtHhNyOnTcWwWfWz SkyCov Yes AllBlGood Yes MaxAngle 180 MinAngle 15 MinBetween 20 MinSunDist 15 MaxSlewTime 300 TimeWindow 24.00 MinSubNetSize 2 NumSubNet 1 Best 60 FillIn Yes FillMinSub 3 FillMinTime 120 FillBest 80 Add_ps 30.0 SNRWts Yes =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hh HARTRAO Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5A On ONSALA60 Mark5A Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Ww WARK12M Mark5A Wf WESTFORD Mark5A Wz WETTZELL Mark5A =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) Ft Hh Ny On Tc Ww Wf Ft Hh Ny On Tc Ww 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 Ww 20 20 20 20 15 Ww 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