Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1601 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: R1601 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-246-17:00:00 End: 2013-247-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013246 (2013.67) ( 16539 MJD, TUES 3SEP.) Greenwich sidereal time: 15:51: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 10h 51.2m 7d 18.4 =========================================================== Important Station Information Seshan and Yebes were both tagged during this session. =========================================================== 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 Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wf Ys 1751+288 13246-170000| 435 223 432 435 190 279 257| 1124-186 13246-170619| 68 68 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wf Ys 3C418 13247-163352| 113 113 51 68| 1255-177 13247-163401| 319 319 | 1923+210 13247-163641| 52 52 | 1144-379 13247-164116| 305 135 305 136 | 0133+476 13247-164448| 136 136 123 | NRAO150 13247-164751| 43 43 | 1749+096 13247-165016| 264 59 264 155 49| 3C274 13247-165547| 109 232 232 127| 1639-062 13247-165553| 76 76 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1601.skd for experiment R1601 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.1 Min = 0.0 Max = 511.0 (Baseline Ny-Ys on 1749+096) RMS = 18.8 Total time: 1437 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Sh=SESHAN25 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Ys=YEBES40M Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wf Ys Avg % obs. time: 52 35 57 63 11 57 55 31 45 % cal. time: 2 2 3 3 1 2 3 2 2 % slew time: 23 39 14 17 7 3 15 22 18 % idle time: 22 23 25 16 81 37 26 44 35 total # scans: 169 173 254 263 69 164 276 198 195 # scans/hour : 7 7 11 11 3 7 12 8 8 Avg scan (sec): 266 175 193 207 138 300 172 136 197 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.6 1.1 1.8 2.0 0.3 1.8 1.7 1.0 1.4 Total TB(M5): 1.4 1.0 1.6 1.7 0.3 1.6 1.5 0.9 1.2 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wf Ys Total -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 90 12 33 3 123 66 40 367 Hh| 35 73 9 86 50 67 410 Ny| 217 67 1 188 150 670 On| 56 18 177 179 753 Sh| 0 46 41 222 Tc| 60 25 313 Wf| 143 730 Ys| 645 Number of 2-station scans: 153 Number of 3-station scans: 133 Number of 4-station scans: 137 Number of 5-station scans: 42 Number of 6-station scans: 16 Number of 7-station scans: 1 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 482 2055 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wf Ys AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 38 71 46 80 20 46 129 45 Hh| 40 36 67 17 40 127 49 Ny| 74 104 18 65 159 92 On| 72 19 48 125 74 Sh| - 79 169 101 Tc| 19 47 21 Wf| 131 68 Ys| 135 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wf Ys AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 30 15 19 15 14 24 24 21 Hh| 16 20 22 15 26 29 23 Ny| 17 18 12 17 16 17 On| 17 12 18 19 18 Sh| - 19 21 19 Tc| 13 12 14 Wf| 22 19 Ys| 20 =========================================================== 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 NYALES20 SESHAN25 TIGOCONC WESTFORD 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 1441+252 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1406-267 1.00 1.50 0.15 3 1 0440+345 1.00 1.50 1.61 33 7 0743+259 1.00 1.50 2.04 42 10 1038+52A 1.00 1.50 1.31 27 5 1738+476 1.00 1.50 1.70 35 8 0159+723 1.00 1.50 0.29 6 1 0847-120 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2250+194 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0400-319 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 Total 7.10 146 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 FtHhNyOnShTcWfYs 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 Ny NYALES20 Mark5B On ONSALA60 Mark5A Sh SESHAN25 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Wf WESTFORD Mark5B Ys YEBES40M Mark5B =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wf Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wf Hh 20 Hh 15 Ny 20 20 Ny 15 15 On 20 20 20 On 15 15 15 Sh 20 20 20 20 Sh 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 Ys 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Ys 15 15 15 15 15 12 15