Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1609 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: R1609 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-301-17:00:00 End: 2013-302-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013301 (2013.82) ( 16594 MJD, MON. 28OCT.) Greenwich sidereal time: 19:28: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 14h 12.6m -13d 20.0 =========================================================== There are no observations for Kokee and Wettzell from 18:15 U.T. to 19:45 U.T. Kokee and Wettzell will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz Yg 0529+483 13301-170000| 578 485 265 452 313 352 278 578| 1759-396 13301-170000| 250 250 | 1424-418 13301-170703| 43 43 43 | 0537-441 13301-170708| 48 48 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz Yg 2052-474 13302-164701| 521 521 | 1040+244 13302-165045| 333 238 333 | 2149+056 13302-165231| 63 63 | 0537-441 13302-165247| 80 60 43 80| 2113+293 13302-165425| 91 91 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1609.skd for experiment R1609 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 4.2 Min = 0.0 Max = 72.0 (Baseline Wf-Yg on 0202+319) RMS = 8.8 Total time: 1436 minutes ( 23.9 hours). Key: Ai=AIRA Ft=FORTLEZA Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 73 48 70 69 54 59 54 64 62 44 56 60 % cal. time: 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 4 4 2 3 % slew time: 7 25 7 7 16 22 17 3 14 10 6 13 % idle time: 17 24 20 21 26 14 24 30 19 41 35 25 total # scans: 203 156 203 211 233 276 307 146 302 317 186 230 # scans/hour : 8 7 8 9 10 12 13 6 13 13 8 10 Avg scan (sec): 310 266 298 283 199 185 152 380 178 120 257 238 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 2.3 1.5 2.2 2.2 1.7 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.9 1.4 1.7 1.8 Total TB(M5): 2.0 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.2 1.5 1.6 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz Yg Total ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ai| 1 67 96 107 59 99 1 53 72 73 628 Ft| 24 3 22 48 25 88 72 52 6 341 Hb| 138 62 9 15 55 7 8 120 505 Ke| 66 18 32 31 10 21 139 554 Kk| 46 101 33 103 80 46 666 Ma| 176 24 137 240 22 779 Ny| 7 197 215 18 885 Tc| 43 16 14 312 Wf| 171 2 795 Wz| 20 895 Yg| 460 Number of 2-station scans: 299 Number of 3-station scans: 204 Number of 4-station scans: 153 Number of 5-station scans: 104 Number of 6-station scans: 23 Number of 7-station scans: 4 Number of 8-station scans: 4 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Number of 10-station scans: 0 Number of 11-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 791 3410 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz Yg AVG ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ai| 16 20 25 21 26 27 21 23 30 19 24 Ft| 29 31 31 56 37 29 44 47 24 39 Hb| 43 32 37 34 18 31 39 37 33 Ke| 34 40 41 18 35 43 40 36 Kk| 30 39 18 37 39 24 32 Ma| 55 23 52 84 31 57 Ny| 20 51 75 30 52 Tc| 21 26 17 22 Wf| 59 27 47 Wz| 32 63 Yg| 32 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz Yg AVG ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ai| 13 15 15 29 15 18 13 14 16 14 18 Ft| 22 20 25 22 21 15 24 20 19 21 Hb| 24 36 18 18 14 20 21 25 23 Ke| 32 20 19 13 17 19 23 22 Kk| 24 36 22 42 30 28 32 Ma| 28 14 27 34 20 27 Ny| 13 31 36 18 29 Tc| 15 14 14 15 Wf| 31 16 29 Wz| 21 30 Yg| 22 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: AIRA HOBART12 KATH12M KOKEE MATERA NYALES20 TIGOCONC WESTFORD YARRA12M 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 2325+093 1.00 1.50 1.58 54 9 2029+024 1.00 1.50 0.09 3 1 1424+240 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0212+735 1.00 1.50 1.64 56 6 NGC1052 1.00 1.50 0.35 12 6 1954+513 1.00 1.50 1.47 50 9 0745+241 1.00 1.50 0.35 12 8 1717+178 1.00 1.50 0.79 27 9 1130+009 1.00 1.50 0.76 26 8 1251-713 1.00 1.50 0.03 1 1 Total 7.07 241 57 =========================================================== 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 AiFtHbKeKkMaNyTcWfWzYg 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 4.00 8 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ai AIRA K5 Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Ma MATERA Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Wf WESTFORD Mark5B Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Yg YARRA12M Mark5B =========================================================== 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 Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Tc Wf Wz Ft 15 Ft 12 Hb 15 20 Hb 12 15 Ke 15 20 20 Ke 12 15 15 Kk 15 20 20 20 Kk 12 15 15 15 Ma 15 20 20 20 20 Ma 12 15 15 15 15 Ny 15 20 20 20 20 20 Ny 12 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 Wf 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 Wf 12 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 Wz 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 12 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 Yg 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 Yg 12 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 15