Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1588.skd 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: R1588 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-154-17:00:00 End: 2013-155-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013154 (2013.42) ( 16447 MJD, MON. 3JUN.) Greenwich sidereal time: 9:49: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 4h 47.5m 22d 23.4 =========================================================== 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 Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz 0727-115 13154-170000| 79 79 | 3C418 13154-170000| 187 57 183 187 163| 2318+049 13154-170315| 169 169 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz 0727-115 13155-164449| 78 78 43 68| 2052-474 13155-164512| 77 77 | 0133+476 13155-164648| 54 99 99 77| 2255-282 13155-164711| 58 58 | 1124-186 13155-164916| 43 43| 2131-021 13155-164943| 242 242 | OJ287 13155-165150| 55 55 43 43| 1252+119 13155-165342| 47 47| 1741-038 13155-165442| 44 44 43 | 0912+029 13155-165523| 186 186 128| 1334-127 13155-165630| 183 183 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1588.skd for experiment R1588 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 6.4 Min = 0.0 Max = 116.8 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 0420-014) RMS = 12.0 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 46 55 58 47 57 37 51 48 50 % cal. time: 3 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 % slew time: 39 12 13 23 21 4 18 12 18 % idle time: 12 27 24 25 17 57 26 34 28 total # scans: 218 379 388 340 385 166 373 368 327 # scans/hour : 9 16 16 14 16 7 16 15 14 Avg scan (sec): 182 125 128 120 127 191 119 114 138 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1431 1706 1790 1473 1767 1142 1597 1508 1552 Total GB(M5): 1272 1516 1591 1310 1571 1015 1419 1340 1379 # 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: 11034.7 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz Total -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 10 2 47 71 129 129 97 485 Hb| 333 88 15 20 10 15 491 Ke| 89 43 7 13 38 525 Kk| 201 50 195 144 814 Ny| 14 275 296 915 Tc| 72 32 324 Wf| 255 949 Wz| 877 Number of 2-station scans: 510 Number of 3-station scans: 211 Number of 4-station scans: 192 Number of 5-station scans: 38 Number of 6-station scans: 1 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 952 2690 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 22 21 27 48 24 50 55 41 Hb| 33 30 31 19 31 46 32 Ke| 33 53 22 57 58 37 Kk| 39 20 35 37 34 Ny| 31 59 87 62 Tc| 23 29 23 Wf| 70 53 Wz| 66 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 16 15 20 18 14 23 21 19 Hb| 20 29 17 13 16 16 21 Ke| 25 16 12 15 16 20 Kk| 25 16 29 22 25 Ny| 14 22 25 23 Tc| 13 14 14 Wf| 25 24 Wz| 23 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA 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 Recording mode setup for: HOBART12 KATH12M KOKEE NYALES20 TIGOCONC WESTFORD 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 1042+071 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1624-617 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1657-562 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2236-572 1.00 1.50 0.30 8 6 1252+119 1.00 1.50 0.63 17 11 1511-100 1.00 1.50 0.04 1 1 0954+658 1.00 1.50 1.26 34 10 2131-021 1.00 1.50 0.59 16 9 Total 2.83 76 37 =========================================================== 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 FtHbKeKkNyTcWfWz 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 6 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Wf WESTFORD Mark5B Wz WETTZELL Mark5A =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Hb 20 Hb 15 Ke 20 20 Ke 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 12 Wf 20 20 20 20 20 15 Wf 15 15 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 12 15