Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1593 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: R1593 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-189-17:00:00 End: 2013-190-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013189 (2013.52) ( 16482 MJD, MON. 8JUL.) Greenwich sidereal time: 12: 7: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 7h 12.4m 22d 23.7 =========================================================== There are no observations for Ny Alesund from 18:15 U.T. to 19:45 U.T. Ny Alesund will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wf Yg Ys 1749+096 13189-170000| 98 197 107 197 183 83| 1921-293 13189-170411| 43 43 43 | 0727-115 13189-170432| 56 46 56| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wf Yg Ys 0537-441 13190-164722| 441 441 | 1921-293 13190-164737| 43 43 | 2052-474 13190-164903| 107 107 | 1324+224 13190-164909| 43 43 43 43| 3C371 13190-165157| 83 82 83| 1424-418 13190-165347| 43 43 | 1357+769 13190-165407| 206 205 206| End of listing. =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1593.skd for experiment R1593 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 6.0 Min = 0.0 Max = 110.8 (Baseline Ke-Wf on 0727-115) RMS = 12.3 Total time: 1438 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Hh=HARTRAO Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Yg=YARRA12M Ys=YEBES40M Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wf Yg Ys Avg % obs. time: 36 64 64 51 53 55 58 56 55 % cal. time: 3 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 % slew time: 48 11 10 17 3 15 10 27 18 % idle time: 12 21 22 27 41 25 27 13 24 total # scans: 226 310 308 330 159 344 300 311 286 # scans/hour : 9 13 13 14 7 14 13 13 12 Avg scan (sec): 139 178 179 133 286 138 168 155 171 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.1 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 Total TB(M5): 1.0 1.8 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wf Yg Ys Total -------------------------------------------------- Hh| 45 39 69 77 62 58 118 468 Hb| 262 16 32 8 242 5 610 Ke| 24 7 5 262 7 606 Ny| 21 266 18 220 634 Tc| 75 3 66 281 Wf| 0 220 636 Yg| 8 591 Ys| 644 Number of 2-station scans: 316 Number of 3-station scans: 403 Number of 4-station scans: 95 Number of 5-station scans: 11 Number of 6-station scans: 2 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 827 2235 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wf Yg Ys AVG ------------------------------------------------- Hh| 35 40 35 24 40 34 147 62 Hb| 38 25 23 30 30 65 34 Ke| 29 25 25 33 75 36 Ny| 18 39 21 112 62 Tc| 21 20 68 33 Wf| - 97 57 Yg| 53 32 Ys| 107 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wf Yg Ys AVG ------------------------------------------------- Hh| 30 20 19 15 23 25 29 23 Hb| 22 18 13 16 24 15 23 Ke| 16 12 15 20 15 21 Ny| 12 19 15 19 18 Tc| 12 12 12 13 Wf| - 21 19 Yg| 15 22 Ys| 21 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: HARTRAO HOBART12 KATH12M NYALES20 TIGOCONC WESTFORD YARRA12M 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 1935-692 1.00 1.50 0.04 1 1 OK290 1.00 1.50 0.31 7 7 1013+054 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1657-562 1.00 1.50 0.22 5 5 0426+273 1.00 1.50 0.54 12 2 1824-582 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0306+102 1.00 1.50 0.54 12 2 1459+480 1.00 1.50 0.22 5 3 1049+215 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 Total 1.88 42 20 =========================================================== 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 HhHbKeNyTcWfYgYs 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 Wf WESTFORD Mark5B Yg YARRA12M Mark5B 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 Wf Yg Hh Hb Ke Ny Tc Wf Yg 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 Wf 20 20 20 20 15 Wf 15 15 15 15 12 Yg 20 20 20 20 15 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 12 15 Ys 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 Ys 15 15 15 15 12 15 15