Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1598 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: R1598 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-224-17:00:00 End: 2013-225-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013224 (2013.61) ( 16517 MJD, MON. 12AUG.) Greenwich sidereal time: 14:25: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 9h 30.2m 14d 46.1 =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ht Hb Ke On Tc Wf Yg 1124-186 13224-170000| 168 72 59 168 77 | 1921-293 13224-170000| 43 43 43| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ht Hb Ke On Tc Wf Yg 1124-186 13225-164830| 168 168 | CTA26 13225-165346| 81 69 81| 1546+027 13225-165437| 132 132 | 1741-038 13225-165600| 70 70| 1803+784 13225-165738| 43 43 | 1921-293 13225-165805| 58 54 58 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1598.skd for experiment R1598 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.8 Min = 0.0 Max = 53.3 (Baseline Ft-Wf on 1424-418) RMS = 11.5 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Ht=HART15M Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M On=ONSALA60 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Yg=YARRA12M Ft Hh Ht Hb Ke On Tc Wf Yg Avg % obs. time: 40 36 39 61 62 46 40 47 51 47 % cal. time: 2 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 3 % slew time: 39 52 17 11 12 19 4 15 11 21 % idle time: 17 8 40 23 21 31 53 34 33 29 total # scans: 215 280 320 326 344 263 168 302 320 282 # scans/hour : 9 12 13 14 14 11 7 13 13 12 Avg scan (sec): 162 112 105 161 155 151 208 134 137 146 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.9 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.5 Total TB(M5): 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.7 1.7 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.3 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Ht Hb Ke On Tc Wf Yg Total ------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 92 103 9 0 76 120 133 3 536 Hh| 264 36 38 109 48 64 53 704 Ht| 52 55 122 56 76 68 796 Hb| 288 4 27 9 256 681 Ke| 11 4 6 295 697 On| 31 182 12 547 Tc| 97 0 383 Wf| 0 567 Yg| 687 Number of 2-station scans: 380 Number of 3-station scans: 341 Number of 4-station scans: 81 Number of 5-station scans: 67 Number of 6-station scans: 16 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 885 2799 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hh Ht Hb Ke On Tc Wf Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 48 47 27 - 38 29 46 31 41 Hh| 100 37 37 38 24 39 34 61 Ht| 34 33 36 23 38 31 57 Hb| 38 29 26 25 30 34 Ke| 28 25 31 32 35 On| 20 39 26 36 Tc| 20 - 24 Wf| - 37 Yg| 31 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hh Ht Hb Ke On Tc Wf Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 28 31 15 - 20 15 27 15 24 Hh| 67 24 19 23 15 29 22 40 Ht| 26 20 24 18 30 25 39 Hb| 23 21 12 17 24 23 Ke| 19 12 23 20 21 On| 15 22 17 22 Tc| 14 - 15 Wf| - 24 Yg| 22 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA ONSALA60 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 KATH12M 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 0.29 8 8 0530-727 1.00 1.50 0.11 3 3 1815-553 1.00 1.50 0.21 6 6 1831-711 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0522-611 1.00 1.50 0.04 1 1 0723+219 1.00 1.50 0.18 5 5 1637+574 1.00 1.50 1.07 30 17 1743+173 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2150+173 1.00 1.50 0.32 9 9 0235+164 1.00 1.50 0.93 26 13 Total 3.14 88 62 =========================================================== 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 FtHhHtHbKeOnTcWfYg 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 7 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hh HARTRAO Mark5B Ht HART15M Mark5B Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B On ONSALA60 Mark5A 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 Ke On Tc Wf Ft Hh Ht Hb Ke On Tc Wf Hh 20 Hh 15 Ht 20 20 Ht 15 15 Hb 20 20 20 Hb 15 15 15 Ke 20 20 20 20 Ke 15 15 15 15 On 20 20 20 20 20 On 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 12 12 Wf 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 Wf 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 15