Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1584 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2013.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1584 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-127-17:00:00 End: 2013-128-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013127 (2013.35) ( 16420 MJD, TUES 7MAY.) Greenwich sidereal time: 8: 2: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 2h 59.3m 16d 59.6 =========================================================== 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 Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wz Ys 1324+224 13127-170000| 210 210 208 160 202| 1057-797 13127-170412| 109 109 | 2052-474 13127-170637| 178 178 | 0727-115 13127-170817| 133 239 239 225| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wz Ys 1923+210 13128-164830| 293 293 | 3C371 13128-165206| 68 54 68| 1300+580 13128-165415| 242 180 242| 0727-115 13128-165606| 131 131 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1584.skd for experiment R1584 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 6.3 Min = 0.0 Max = 68.4 (Baseline Hb-Ke on 0748+126) RMS = 11.2 Total time: 1438 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Hh=HARTRAO Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Wz=WETTZELL Ys=YEBES40M Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wz Ys Avg % obs. time: 46 64 58 51 48 47 55 53 % cal. time: 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 % slew time: 40 11 11 15 2 10 25 17 % idle time: 10 20 26 30 48 38 15 27 total # scans: 207 350 346 307 130 344 311 285 # scans/hour : 9 15 14 13 5 14 13 12 Avg scan (sec): 191 158 145 144 318 118 152 174 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1420 1996 1801 1591 1490 1457 1705 1637 Total GB(M5): 1262 1774 1601 1414 1324 1295 1515 1455 # of tapes : 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 tape change times (hhmm): Total number of tapes: 7.0 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 10184.9 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wz Ys Total --------------------------------------------- Hh| 30 27 82 77 129 137 482 Hb| 320 31 15 19 3 418 Ke| 34 4 28 13 426 Ny| 35 254 207 643 Tc| 43 78 252 Wz| 262 735 Ys| 700 Number of 2-station scans: 455 Number of 3-station scans: 192 Number of 4-station scans: 112 Number of 5-station scans: 11 Number of 6-station scans: 1 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 771 1828 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wz Ys AVG -------------------------------------------- Hh| 27 30 31 20 50 109 56 Hb| 30 23 17 28 53 29 Ke| 27 16 33 59 31 Ny| 17 52 98 59 Tc| 23 46 28 Wz| 147 82 Ys| 112 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wz Ys AVG -------------------------------------------- Hh| 23 16 20 15 25 28 23 Hb| 21 18 13 16 15 20 Ke| 16 12 15 15 20 Ny| 13 22 21 21 Tc| 12 12 13 Wz| 28 24 Ys| 24 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: HARTRAO HOBART12 KATH12M NYALES20 TIGOCONC YEBES40M Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:1 256.000 Mbits 128.000 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*1) 16 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 Recording mode setup for: 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 0958+346 1.00 1.50 0.05 1 1 0107-610 1.00 1.50 0.11 2 2 0035+413 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 Total 0.16 3 3 =========================================================== Minor Options Astro Abs 3.00 BegScan Rel 1.00 EndScan Rel 1.00 NumObs Rel 1.00 StatIdle Abs 3.00 StatWt Abs 2.00 =========================================================== Major Options Subnet HhHbKeNyTcWzYs 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 =========================================================== Weighted Station 5 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Hh HARTRAO Mark5B Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Ys YEBES40M Mark5B =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wz Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wz Hb 20 Hb 15 Ke 20 20 Ke 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 15 Wz 15 15 15 15 12 Ys 20 20 20 20 15 20 Ys 15 15 15 15 12 15