Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1590 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: R1590 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-168-17:00:00 End: 2013-169-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013168 (2013.46) ( 16461 MJD, MON. 17JUN.) Greenwich sidereal time: 10:44: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 5h 45.4m 23d 23.7 =========================================================== 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 Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz Yg 0748+126 13168-170000| 275 275 107 156 | 1424-418 13168-170000| 43 43 43| 1749+096 13168-170131| 60 56 60| 0458-020 13168-170234| 82 82 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz Yg 0748+126 13169-164801| 155 155 | 2214+350 13169-164905| 351 203 212 351 | 1057-797 13169-165051| 205 205| 3C274 13169-165449| 43 43 | 1424-418 13169-165452| 43 43| 2318+049 13169-165532| 174 174 | 1144+402 13169-165611| 93 93 72 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1590.skd for experiment R1590 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.9 Min = 0.0 Max = 56.5 (Baseline Ke-Wz on 2255-282) RMS = 11.9 Total time: 1438 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 66 64 54 58 47 60 51 66 58 % cal. time: 4 4 3 5 2 4 5 4 4 % slew time: 11 11 19 21 3 18 13 11 14 % idle time: 18 20 23 15 48 17 30 19 24 total # scans: 321 334 301 415 142 383 399 313 326 # scans/hour : 13 14 13 17 6 16 17 13 14 Avg scan (sec): 178 165 155 121 283 134 110 181 165 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 2057 1988 1684 1809 1447 1850 1585 2035 1807 Total GB(M5): 1829 1767 1497 1608 1286 1644 1409 1808 1606 # 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: 12847.9 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz Yg Total -------------------------------------------------- Hb| 263 87 21 26 8 9 254 668 Ke| 74 36 0 6 27 292 698 Kk| 151 66 153 109 51 691 Ny| 29 269 329 23 858 Tc| 87 34 0 242 Wf| 269 0 792 Wz| 22 799 Yg| 642 Number of 2-station scans: 321 Number of 3-station scans: 410 Number of 4-station scans: 164 Number of 5-station scans: 16 Number of 6-station scans: 0 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 911 2695 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------- Hb| 37 30 31 21 24 48 27 31 Ke| 32 38 - 25 44 29 33 Kk| 35 18 32 29 22 30 Ny| 21 48 66 28 50 Tc| 17 24 - 19 Wf| 46 - 41 Wz| 37 51 Yg| 28 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------- Hb| 21 32 18 13 21 19 22 22 Ke| 29 17 - 15 16 19 20 Kk| 25 17 31 21 28 26 Ny| 13 21 23 19 22 Tc| 14 14 - 15 Wf| 21 - 22 Wz| 17 22 Yg| 21 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: HOBART12 KATH12M KOKEE NYALES20 TIGOCONC WESTFORD 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 1042+071 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1624-617 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2127-096 1.00 1.50 0.04 1 1 2128-123 1.00 1.50 0.19 5 5 0159+723 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0440+345 1.00 1.50 0.85 23 13 1221+809 1.00 1.50 0.15 4 2 1657-562 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1308+326 1.00 1.50 1.41 38 24 Total 2.63 71 45 =========================================================== 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 HbKeKkNyTcWfWzYg 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 Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Wf WESTFORD 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) Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Wf Wz Ke 20 Ke 15 Kk 20 20 Kk 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 Ny 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 Yg 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 12 15 15