Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1603 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: R1603 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-260-17:00:00 End: 2013-261-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013260 (2013.71) ( 16553 MJD, TUES 17SEP.) Greenwich sidereal time: 16:47: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 11h 41.5m 2d 0.1 =========================================================== 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 Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Yg 0346-279 13260-170000| 75 91 89 91| 1324+224 13260-170000| 112 112 78 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Yg 0607-157 13261-165408| 85 71 194 194| OJ287 13261-165606| 48 48 43 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1603.skd for experiment R1603 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 6.2 Min = 0.0 Max = 60.0 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 1741-038) RMS = 12.0 Total time: 1437 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 Wf=WESTFORD Yg=YARRA12M Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Yg Avg % obs. time: 35 65 65 56 51 59 55 55 % cal. time: 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 % slew time: 28 11 11 19 15 16 9 16 % idle time: 33 18 19 21 30 20 31 25 total # scans: 194 354 348 289 268 363 297 301 # scans/hour : 8 15 15 12 11 15 12 13 Avg scan (sec): 158 159 161 167 165 140 161 158 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.1 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7 Total TB(M5): 1.0 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Yg Total --------------------------------------------- Ft| 13 1 45 53 174 1 287 Hb| 301 86 19 9 261 689 Ke| 85 34 12 262 695 Kk| 153 160 60 589 Ny| 207 22 488 Wf| 0 562 Yg| 606 Number of 2-station scans: 356 Number of 3-station scans: 348 Number of 4-station scans: 78 Number of 5-station scans: 9 Number of 6-station scans: 0 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 791 1958 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Yg AVG -------------------------------------------- Ft| 28 20 24 44 34 20 34 Hb| 36 25 34 25 29 32 Ke| 29 44 31 32 34 Kk| 35 30 20 29 Ny| 53 30 44 Wf| - 39 Yg| 29 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Yg AVG -------------------------------------------- Ft| 16 17 21 16 17 15 18 Hb| 19 31 17 18 19 21 Ke| 29 16 16 17 19 Kk| 24 29 27 27 Ny| 19 15 19 Wf| - 21 Yg| 19 =========================================================== 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: 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 13 11 1800+440 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1504+377 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1147+245 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0010+405 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1842+681 1.00 1.50 0.05 1 1 0346-279 1.00 1.50 1.53 30 13 Total 2.25 44 25 =========================================================== 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 FtHbKeKkNyWfYg 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 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 Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Wf Hb 20 Hb 15 Ke 20 20 Ke 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 Wf 20 20 20 20 20 Wf 15 15 15 15 15 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 15