Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1597 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: R1597 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-217-17:00:00 End: 2013-218-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013217 (2013.59) ( 16510 MJD, MON. 5AUG.) Greenwich sidereal time: 13:57: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 9h 3.6m 16d 47.3 =========================================================== There are no observations for Kokee from 18:15 U.T. to 19:45 U.T. Kokee will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ht Hb Kk Tc Wf Yg 0420-014 13217-170000| 43 43 43 | 1424-418 13217-170000| 549 64 64 593 593| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ht Hb Kk Tc Wf Yg 3C418 13218-165219| 80 80| 1143-696 13218-165331| 338 338 | 1144-379 13218-165616| 164 164 | 1128+385 13218-165828| 90 90 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1597.skd for experiment R1597 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.6 Min = 0.0 Max = 55.4 (Baseline Hb-Tc on 1749+096) RMS = 11.0 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Ht=HART15M Hb=HOBART12 Kk=KOKEE Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Yg=YARRA12M Ft Hh Ht Hb Kk Tc Wf Yg Avg % obs. time: 57 42 52 58 50 50 51 45 51 % cal. time: 2 2 3 3 4 2 4 3 3 % slew time: 32 41 16 9 21 4 15 9 19 % idle time: 8 14 28 28 24 44 30 41 28 total # scans: 206 188 252 281 315 160 318 262 247 # scans/hour : 9 8 11 12 13 7 13 11 10 Avg scan (sec): 240 195 178 180 136 270 138 149 185 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.8 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.6 Total TB(M5): 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.4 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Ht Hb Kk Tc Wf Yg Total -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 75 83 14 52 111 128 3 466 Hh| 138 44 0 51 43 76 427 Ht| 73 0 58 69 89 510 Hb| 101 28 10 179 449 Kk| 54 180 61 448 Tc| 64 4 370 Wf| 4 498 Yg| 416 Number of 2-station scans: 471 Number of 3-station scans: 199 Number of 4-station scans: 84 Number of 5-station scans: 19 Number of 6-station scans: 2 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 775 1792 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hh Ht Hb Kk Tc Wf Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 63 66 29 28 35 45 24 47 Hh| 217 41 - 37 50 36 101 Ht| 37 - 36 48 36 92 Hb| 30 26 31 34 33 Kk| 16 34 24 29 Tc| 24 20 30 Wf| 43 39 Yg| 33 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hh Ht Hb Kk Tc Wf Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 26 28 15 20 13 21 15 21 Hh| 135 23 - 15 29 20 59 Ht| 21 - 16 25 22 53 Hb| 24 12 16 21 21 Kk| 15 28 20 24 Tc| 12 12 14 Wf| 15 23 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 HART15M HOBART12 KOKEE 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 2005-489 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1815-553 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1610-771 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1049+215 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0522-611 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0107-610 1.00 1.50 0.28 5 5 1306+360 1.00 1.50 0.11 2 2 0507+179 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1143-696 1.00 1.50 0.78 14 14 0745+241 1.00 1.50 0.73 13 11 Total 1.90 34 32 =========================================================== 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 FtHhHtHbKkTcWfYg 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 Hh HARTRAO Mark5B Ht HART15M Mark5B Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC 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 Ht Hb Kk Tc Wf Ft Hh Ht Hb Kk Tc Wf Hh 20 Hh 15 Ht 20 99 Ht 15 99 Hb 20 20 20 Hb 15 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 20 Kk 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 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 12 15