Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1587 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: R1587 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-148-17:00:00 End: 2013-149-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013148 (2013.41) ( 16441 MJD, TUES 28MAY.) Greenwich sidereal time: 9:25: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 4h 22.9m 21d 33.8 =========================================================== There are no observations for Kokee and Wettzell from 18:15 U.T. to 19:45 U.T. Kokee and Wettzell will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ke Kk Ny Tc Ww Wz Yg 0552+398 13148-170000| 181 181 106 | 1741-038 13148-170000| 92 51 111 111| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ke Kk Ny Tc Ww Wz Yg 0727-115 13149-164441| 69 69 | NRAO512 13149-164446| 117 117 | 2243-123 13149-164510| 414 414 | 2000+472 13149-164733| 119 119 108 | 1806+456 13149-165013| 118 157 157 | 1255-316 13149-165252| 286 286| 1639+230 13149-165328| 384 386 386 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1587.skd for experiment R1587 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.8 Min = 0.0 Max = 72.0 (Baseline Ny-Wz on 0458-020) RMS = 11.4 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Ww=WARK12M Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ke Kk Ny Tc Ww Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 66 56 53 76 53 57 53 59 % cal. time: 4 4 5 2 3 5 3 3 % slew time: 10 20 20 3 8 12 9 12 % idle time: 20 19 21 17 35 26 34 25 total # scans: 305 305 407 186 241 392 248 297 # scans/hour : 13 13 17 8 10 16 10 12 Avg scan (sec): 187 160 114 354 190 126 185 187 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 2052 1752 1663 2369 1651 1773 1653 1845 Total GB(M5): 1824 1558 1479 2105 1467 1576 1469 1640 # 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: 11478.7 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ke Kk Ny Tc Ww Wz Yg Total --------------------------------------------- Ke| 72 36 36 169 34 204 551 Kk| 154 96 91 94 46 553 Ny| 26 16 335 24 591 Tc| 29 52 23 262 Ww| 2 134 441 Wz| 32 549 Yg| 463 Number of 2-station scans: 523 Number of 3-station scans: 260 Number of 4-station scans: 57 Number of 5-station scans: 6 Number of 6-station scans: 0 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 846 1705 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ke Kk Ny Tc Ww Wz Yg AVG -------------------------------------------- Ke| 38 39 19 39 44 43 39 Kk| 35 17 35 31 24 31 Ny| 18 37 74 27 56 Tc| 24 27 19 20 Ww| 56 32 35 Wz| 34 58 Yg| 35 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ke Kk Ny Tc Ww Wz Yg AVG -------------------------------------------- Ke| 30 21 13 20 20 25 22 Kk| 31 19 28 26 26 27 Ny| 14 16 30 24 29 Tc| 13 14 12 15 Ww| 15 20 21 Wz| 22 27 Yg| 23 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: KATH12M KOKEE NYALES20 TIGOCONC WARK12M YARRA12M 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 2243-123 1.00 1.50 0.18 3 3 0723+219 1.00 1.50 0.35 6 6 2134+00 1.00 1.50 0.82 14 14 1042+071 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1038+52A 1.00 1.50 0.82 14 6 0300+470 1.00 1.50 1.64 28 14 2142-758 1.00 1.50 1.58 27 15 2326-477 1.00 1.50 0.53 9 7 2150+173 1.00 1.50 0.88 15 13 1616+063 1.00 1.50 0.23 4 4 Total 7.04 120 82 =========================================================== 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 KeKkNyTcWwWzYg 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 4 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ke KATH12M Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Ww WARK12M Mark5B Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Yg YARRA12M Mark5B =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) Ke Kk Ny Tc Ww Wz Ke Kk Ny Tc Ww Wz Kk 20 Kk 15 Ny 20 20 Ny 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 Ww 20 20 20 15 Ww 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 12 15 Yg 20 20 20 15 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 12 15 15