Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1605 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: R1605 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-273-17:00:00 End: 2013-274-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013273 (2013.75) ( 16566 MJD, MON. 30SEP.) Greenwich sidereal time: 17:38: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 12h 28.3m -3d 3.1 =========================================================== There are no observations for Wettzell from 18:15 U.T. to 19:45 U.T. Wettzell will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ai Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz 0115-214 13273-170000| 600 600 | 1324+224 13273-170000| 559 182 213 559 171 102| END OF AUTOCHECKING =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ai Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz 1741-038 13274-165155| 215 315 315 | 2227-088 13274-165208| 365 343 365 208| 2141+175 13274-165612| 88 88| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1605.skd for experiment R1605 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.4 Min = 0.0 Max = 110.8 (Baseline Ai-Wf on 1741-038) RMS = 9.8 Total time: 1438 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ai=AIRA Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ai Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 48 53 36 56 59 62 57 41 52 % cal. time: 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 % slew time: 5 30 45 21 13 3 13 11 18 % idle time: 45 14 15 19 24 32 26 44 28 total # scans: 133 181 209 242 219 163 247 292 210 # scans/hour : 6 8 9 10 9 7 10 12 9 Avg scan (sec): 313 252 150 201 234 327 199 120 223 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.5 1.6 1.1 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.3 1.6 Total TB(M5): 1.3 1.5 1.0 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.1 1.4 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ai Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz Total -------------------------------------------------- Ai| 1 44 57 92 1 36 65 296 Ft| 83 67 26 118 91 62 448 Hh| 113 42 72 53 109 516 Ma| 114 43 86 213 693 Ny| 21 108 148 551 Tc| 87 35 377 Wf| 121 582 Wz| 753 Number of 2-station scans: 256 Number of 3-station scans: 147 Number of 4-station scans: 80 Number of 5-station scans: 49 Number of 6-station scans: 21 Number of 7-station scans: 6 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 559 2108 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ai| 27 30 39 44 21 39 41 40 Ft| 54 73 64 29 61 77 56 Hh| 72 66 25 49 79 58 Ma| 96 33 94 128 91 Ny| 31 92 111 84 Tc| 28 37 29 Wf| 98 72 Wz| 97 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ai| 16 19 17 16 13 18 17 17 Ft| 25 23 21 14 29 24 22 Hh| 30 25 15 29 31 26 Ma| 25 13 31 38 29 Ny| 13 25 26 23 Tc| 15 13 14 Wf| 31 26 Wz| 30 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: AIRA HARTRAO MATERA NYALES20 TIGOCONC WESTFORD Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:1 128 Mbits 256 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 1-bit channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA WETTZELL Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:2 128 Mbits 256 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 1-bit channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 1448+762 1.00 1.50 0.33 7 3 0834+250 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2029+024 1.00 1.50 0.05 1 1 2155-304 1.00 1.50 0.19 4 2 0528-250 1.00 1.50 0.66 14 8 2325+093 1.00 1.50 1.42 30 5 0237+040 1.00 1.50 1.23 26 7 1538+149 1.00 1.50 1.61 34 7 1147+245 1.00 1.50 0.47 10 3 1657-562 1.00 1.50 0.05 1 1 Total 6.02 127 37 =========================================================== 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 AiFtHhMaNyTcWfWz SkyCov Yes AllBlGood Yes MaxAngle 180.00 MinAngle 15.00 MinBetween 20 MinSunDist 15.00 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 1 AIRA 3.00 6 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ai AIRA K5 Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hh HARTRAO Mark5B Ma MATERA Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Wf WESTFORD Mark5B Wz WETTZELL Mark5A =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) X-band (ast_margin 0) S-band (ast_margin 0) Ai Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Wf Ai Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Wf Ft 20 Ft 15 Hh 20 20 Hh 15 15 Ma 20 20 20 Ma 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 Ny 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 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 12 15