Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1620 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2014.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1620 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2014-013-17:00:00 End: 2014-014-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014013 (2014.04) ( 16671 MJD, MON. 13JAN.) Greenwich sidereal time: 0:32: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 19h 41.1m -21d 24.2 =========================================================== Important Station Information Westford was tagged to this schedule file. =========================================================== 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 Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg Wf 3C418 14013-170000| 169 169 89 109| OJ287 14013-170000| 176 57 60 80 43 176 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ai Ft Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg Wf CTA26 14014-165143| 106 231 231 | 1749+096 14014-165353| 54 54 43| OJ287 14014-165428| 60 60 | 1313-333 14014-165456| 75 75 | 2113+293 14014-165634| 117 117 74 117| 0919-260 14014-165658| 98 98 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1620.skd for experiment R1620 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.0 Min = 0.0 Max = 69.7 (Baseline Ft-Ny on CTA26 ) RMS = 10.9 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ai=AIRA Ft=FORTLEZA Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Ts=TSUKUB32 Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Wf=WESTFORD Ai Ft Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg Wf Avg % obs. time: 44 47 51 52 48 53 52 42 44 30 46 % cal. time: 4 2 4 4 3 4 7 4 3 2 4 % slew time: 12 31 12 13 25 19 26 11 10 11 18 % idle time: 39 18 32 30 22 23 13 43 41 56 32 total # scans: 370 215 324 376 299 345 637 322 298 193 337 # scans/hour : 15 9 14 16 12 14 27 13 12 8 14 Avg scan (sec): 103 191 137 118 139 133 71 112 128 132 126 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.4 0.9 1.4 Total TB(M5): 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.3 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ai Ft Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg Wf Total ------------------------------------------------------------ Ai| 1 45 65 44 53 336 41 47 30 662 Ft| 19 1 124 160 24 152 5 139 625 Hb| 242 8 10 119 2 220 2 667 Ke| 19 14 178 9 226 4 758 Ma| 202 102 230 13 125 867 Ny| 133 253 8 181 1014 Ts| 93 108 51 1144 Wz| 6 152 938 Yg| 0 633 Wf| 684 Number of 2-station scans: 572 Number of 3-station scans: 281 Number of 4-station scans: 150 Number of 5-station scans: 121 Number of 6-station scans: 30 Number of 7-station scans: 1 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Number of 10-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 1155 3996 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg Wf AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ai| 22 25 34 42 44 52 44 25 36 44 Ft| 24 32 37 37 50 38 23 35 37 Hb| 37 32 39 54 41 30 28 36 Ke| 43 53 70 53 33 43 44 Ma| 77 82 84 31 66 69 Ny| 112 94 32 79 77 Ts| 107 49 100 71 Wz| 39 82 79 Yg| - 34 Wf| 68 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg Wf AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ai| 18 20 19 16 20 29 16 21 16 24 Ft| 17 16 18 18 18 18 17 21 19 Hb| 23 18 25 37 20 25 17 26 Ke| 18 21 37 18 21 19 25 Ma| 31 29 35 23 30 29 Ny| 42 36 28 37 32 Ts| 38 34 41 34 Wz| 27 38 32 Yg| - 25 Wf| 32 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: AIRA HOBART12 KATH12M MATERA NYALES20 TSUKUB32 WESTFORD YARRA12M 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 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 0919-260 1.00 1.50 0.28 11 11 0149+218 1.00 1.50 0.28 11 11 1502+106 1.00 1.50 0.45 18 13 2351-154 1.00 1.50 0.10 4 4 0451-282 1.00 1.50 0.63 25 21 0812+367 1.00 1.50 0.83 33 22 1147+245 1.00 1.50 0.58 23 9 1313-333 1.00 1.50 0.28 11 11 1936-155 1.00 1.50 0.50 20 20 1642+690 1.00 1.50 1.98 79 8 Total 5.88 235 130 =========================================================== 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 AiFtHbKeMaNyTsWzYgWf SkyCov Yes AllBlGood Yes MaxAngle 180.00 MinAngle 15.00 MinBetween 20 MinSunDist 4.00 MaxSlewTime 300 TimeWindow 4.00 MinSubNetSize 2 NumSubNet 1 Best 60 FillIn Yes FillMinSub 3 FillMinTime 120 FillBest 80 Add_ps 30.0 SNRWts Yes =========================================================== Weighted Station 2 FORTLEZA 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ai AIRA K5 Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Ma MATERA Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Ts TSUKUB32 K5 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 Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg Ai Ft Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg Ft 20 Ft 15 Hb 20 20 Hb 15 15 Ke 20 20 20 Ke 15 15 15 Ma 20 20 20 20 Ma 15 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 15 Ts 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ts 15 15 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Wf 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wf 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15