Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1594 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: R1594 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-197-17:00:00 End: 2013-198-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013197 (2013.54) ( 16490 MJD, TUES 16JUL.) Greenwich sidereal time: 12:38: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 7h 44.9m 21d 15.1 =========================================================== There are no observations for Kokee and Ny Alesund from 18:15 U.T. to 19:45 U.T. Kokee and Ny Alesund will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Yg 0454-234 13197-170000| 98 98 46 | 1749+096 13197-170000| 105 186 107 186 184| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Yg 1639-062 13198-165041| 92 220 270 270| 2229+695 13198-165145| 194 122 194 | 1334-127 13198-165511| 78 78 | 3C371 13198-165542| 159 99 159 | 1424-418 13198-165547| 43 43| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1594.skd for experiment R1594 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 7.2 Min = 0.0 Max = 68.6 (Baseline Ft-Ny on CTA26 ) RMS = 12.5 Total time: 1437 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 Wf=WESTFORD Yg=YARRA12M Ft Hh Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Yg Avg % obs. time: 32 32 62 65 51 49 53 59 51 % cal. time: 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 % slew time: 37 47 11 11 21 20 18 9 22 % idle time: 27 16 22 20 24 26 24 28 24 total # scans: 244 241 315 314 287 338 376 278 299 # scans/hour : 10 10 13 13 12 14 16 12 12 Avg scan (sec): 114 116 171 179 154 125 121 184 145 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.0 1.0 1.9 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.6 Total TB(M5): 0.9 0.9 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.4 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Yg Total -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 115 7 1 38 92 168 3 424 Hh| 74 73 0 57 67 86 472 Hb| 269 130 26 6 238 750 Ke| 139 50 24 236 792 Kk| 142 133 96 678 Ny| 275 23 665 Wf| 3 676 Yg| 685 Number of 2-station scans: 323 Number of 3-station scans: 280 Number of 4-station scans: 203 Number of 5-station scans: 19 Number of 6-station scans: 0 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 825 2571 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hh Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 36 26 23 22 40 35 22 35 Hh| 31 35 - 35 31 29 33 Hb| 39 27 29 31 30 33 Ke| 31 48 45 34 36 Kk| 38 30 22 30 Ny| 54 34 45 Wf| 47 42 Yg| 30 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hh Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 19 16 15 22 16 18 15 18 Hh| 26 21 - 23 24 23 22 Hb| 21 33 20 22 20 23 Ke| 30 17 15 18 21 Kk| 32 32 27 30 Ny| 26 16 24 Wf| 15 24 Yg| 21 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA 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: HARTRAO HOBART12 KATH12M KOKEE NYALES20 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 0202+149 1.00 1.50 0.66 17 13 1504+377 1.00 1.50 0.54 14 6 0805+046 1.00 1.50 0.31 8 4 0230-790 1.00 1.50 0.08 2 2 1147+245 1.00 1.50 0.16 4 2 1143-696 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1502+106 1.00 1.50 0.39 10 4 0010+405 1.00 1.50 0.62 16 6 2204-540 1.00 1.50 0.78 20 9 1800+440 1.00 1.50 0.16 4 2 Total 3.70 95 48 =========================================================== 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 FtHhHbKeKkNyWfYg 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 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hh HARTRAO Mark5B Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Wf WESTFORD Mark5B Yg YARRA12M Mark5B =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) Ft Hh Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Ft Hh Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Hh 20 Hh 15 Hb 20 20 Hb 15 15 Ke 20 20 20 Ke 15 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 15 Wf 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wf 15 15 15 15 15 15 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 15 15