Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1640 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: R1640 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: WASH Start: 2014-168-17:00:00 End: 2014-169-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014168 (2014.46) ( 16826 MJD, TUES 17JUN.) Greenwich sidereal time: 10:43:28 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 5h 44.4m 23d 23.3 =========================================================== 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 Ht Hb Ny Ts Wz Yg 1954-388 14168-170000| 128 43 128| OJ287 14168-170000| 71 43 71 62 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Ht Hb Ny Ts Wz Yg 1255-316 14169-165540| 69 69 | 3C418 14169-165739| 43 43 43 | 1424-418 14169-165817| 43 43 43| 0059+581 14169-165914| 43 43 43 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1640.skd for experiment R1640 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 9.2 Min = 0.0 Max = 59.8 (Baseline Ts-Yg on 1424-418) RMS = 15.3 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Ht=HART15M Hb=HOBART12 Ny=NYALES20 Ts=TSUKUB32 Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ft Ht Hb Ny Ts Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 30 40 49 52 40 45 51 44 % cal. time: 3 5 4 5 7 5 4 5 % slew time: 40 25 13 26 28 16 12 23 % idle time: 26 29 33 16 25 33 32 28 total # scans: 280 413 368 474 584 458 363 420 # scans/hour : 12 17 15 20 24 19 15 18 Avg scan (sec): 92 84 115 94 59 86 121 92 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.4 Total TB(M5): 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.2 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Ht Hb Ny Ts Wz Yg Total --------------------------------------------- Ft| 196 7 103 36 147 1 490 Ht| 108 87 109 157 129 786 Hb| 12 186 15 302 630 Ny| 374 371 27 974 Ts| 288 167 1160 Wz| 30 1008 Yg| 656 Number of 2-station scans: 477 Number of 3-station scans: 440 Number of 4-station scans: 140 Number of 5-station scans: 20 Number of 6-station scans: 1 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 1078 Total number of obs: 2852 Total integrated obs-time: 217070 Average obs-time: 76.1 Histogram of observation durations Dur: 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180 195 210 225 240 255 270 285 300 #Obs: | 1464| 263| 206| 201| 127| 115| 104| 83| 67| 51| 24| 18| 35| 39| 17| 5| 6| 27 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ht Hb Ny Ts Wz Yg AVG -------------------------------------------- Ft| 34 21 37 51 42 20 38 Ht| 30 37 60 57 28 41 Hb| 26 54 33 27 36 Ny| 89 84 30 75 Ts| 95 50 75 Wz| 28 74 Yg| 34 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ht Hb Ny Ts Wz Yg AVG -------------------------------------------- Ft| 23 18 19 19 20 15 21 Ht| 26 28 39 34 25 29 Hb| 22 34 20 21 26 Ny| 39 33 23 33 Ts| 38 35 37 Wz| 21 32 Yg| 26 =========================================================== 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: HART15M HOBART12 NYALES20 TSUKUB32 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 1240+381 1.00 1.50 0.04 1 1 1424+240 1.00 1.50 0.04 1 1 2150+173 1.00 1.50 0.28 8 8 1147+245 1.00 1.50 1.47 42 18 1221+809 1.00 1.50 1.44 41 17 1012+232 1.00 1.50 0.14 4 4 1637+574 1.00 1.50 1.02 29 11 1722+330 1.00 1.50 0.18 5 5 1038+52A 1.00 1.50 1.47 42 15 0426+273 1.00 1.50 0.32 9 9 Total 6.38 182 89 =========================================================== 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 FtHtHbNyTsWzYg 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 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Ht HART15M Mark5B Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Ts TSUKUB32 K5 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) Ft Ht Hb Ny Ts Wz Ft Ht Hb Ny Ts Wz Ht 20 Ht 15 Hb 20 20 Hb 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 Ts 20 20 20 20 Ts 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 15