Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1618 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: R1618 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-364-17:00:00 End: 2013-365-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013364 (2014.00) ( 16657 MJD, MON. 30DEC.) Greenwich sidereal time: 23:37: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 18h 39.9m -23d 7.2 =========================================================== 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 Ft Ny Tc Ts Ur Wf Wz 0059+581 13364-170000| 159 52 97 159 43 43| 1510-089 13364-170158| 155 155 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Ny Tc Ts Ur Wf Wz 2356+385 13365-164859| 226 271 271 168| 2052-474 13365-165046| 477 477 | 0641+392 13365-165630| 164 53 164 129| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1618.skd for experiment R1618 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 8.5 Min = 0.0 Max = 97.3 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 0420-014) RMS = 13.3 Total time: 1438 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Ur=URUMQI Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ft Ny Tc Ts Ur Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 57 47 65 31 40 41 37 45 % cal. time: 3 5 3 5 5 4 4 4 % slew time: 32 24 4 21 39 17 13 22 % idle time: 8 23 27 42 15 36 45 29 total # scans: 219 411 220 442 427 345 363 346 # scans/hour : 9 17 9 18 18 14 15 14 Avg scan (sec): 225 98 255 61 81 103 87 129 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.8 1.4 2.0 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.4 Total TB(M5): 1.6 1.3 1.8 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.3 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Ny Tc Ts Ur Wf Wz Total --------------------------------------------- Ft| 45 178 9 22 121 74 449 Ny| 32 301 311 226 288 1203 Tc| 30 1 116 45 402 Ts| 359 163 235 1097 Ur| 165 263 1121 Wf| 200 991 Wz| 1105 Number of 2-station scans: 228 Number of 3-station scans: 225 Number of 4-station scans: 166 Number of 5-station scans: 118 Number of 6-station scans: 7 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 744 3184 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ny Tc Ts Ur Wf Wz AVG -------------------------------------------- Ft| 57 22 70 53 48 59 41 Ny| 24 101 58 66 86 76 Tc| 27 22 21 27 23 Ts| 93 86 112 96 Ur| 45 66 69 Wf| 77 60 Wz| 81 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ny Tc Ts Ur Wf Wz AVG -------------------------------------------- Ft| 24 14 17 17 27 26 21 Ny| 15 40 25 30 33 31 Tc| 16 13 15 14 14 Ts| 45 35 38 40 Ur| 20 26 31 Wf| 32 28 Wz| 31 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA WETTZELL Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256 Mbits 128 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 10.00 6.00 16.00 Recording mode setup for: NYALES20 TIGOCONC TSUKUB32 URUMQI WESTFORD Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:1 256 Mbits 128 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 10.00 6.00 16.00 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 0014+813 1.00 1.50 1.51 48 6 0237+040 1.00 1.50 1.13 36 15 1738+499 1.00 1.50 0.60 19 9 2131-021 1.00 1.50 0.97 31 12 OQ208 1.00 1.50 0.50 16 7 0743-006 1.00 1.50 0.47 15 11 0528-250 1.00 1.50 0.22 7 7 1510-089 1.00 1.50 1.38 44 17 0814+425 1.00 1.50 1.66 53 10 1130+009 1.00 1.50 0.53 17 8 Total 8.98 286 102 =========================================================== 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 FtNyTcTsUrWfWz SkyCov Yes AllBlGood Yes MaxAngle 180.00 MinAngle 15.00 MinBetween 20 MinSunDist 4.00 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 3 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Ts TSUKUB32 K5 Ur URUMQI 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) Ft Ny Tc Ts Ur Wf Ft Ny Tc Ts Ur Wf Ny 20 Ny 15 Tc 15 15 Tc 12 12 Ts 20 20 15 Ts 15 15 12 Ur 20 20 15 20 Ur 15 15 12 15 Wf 20 20 15 20 20 Wf 15 15 12 15 15 Wz 20 20 15 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 12 15 15 15