Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1642 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: R1642 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: WASH Start: 2014-181-17:00:00 End: 2014-182-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014181 (2014.50) ( 16839 MJD, MON. 30JUN.) Greenwich sidereal time: 11:34:43 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 6h 38.4m 23d 8.6 =========================================================== 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 On Sh Ts Wf Wz Ys 1803+784 14181-170000| 43 43 43 43 43 43 43| 0013-005 14181-170247| 105 105 | OJ287 14181-170504| 102 43 102 43 43 43| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Ny On Sh Ts Wf Wz Ys 0657+172 14182-165520| 224 175 224 107 102 95| 2059+034 14182-165540| 43 43 | 2141+175 14182-165712| 43 43 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1642.skd for experiment R1642 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 9.1 Min = 0.0 Max = 58.4 (Baseline Ft-Sh on 0657+172) RMS = 13.0 Total time: 1438 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Sh=SESHAN25 Ts=TSUKUB32 Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ys=YEBES40M Ft Ny On Sh Ts Wf Wz Ys Avg % obs. time: 45 39 48 40 33 35 29 34 38 % cal. time: 3 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 % slew time: 39 21 23 35 20 16 12 34 26 % idle time: 12 34 24 18 40 44 54 27 32 total # scans: 267 381 346 486 506 347 379 370 385 # scans/hour : 11 16 14 20 21 14 16 15 16 Avg scan (sec): 144 89 119 72 56 88 66 79 88 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.2 Total TB(M5): 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.0 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Ny On Sh Ts Wf Wz Ys Total -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 149 166 26 24 224 165 207 961 Ny| 280 210 219 224 257 223 1562 On| 164 164 183 296 262 1515 Sh| 462 97 172 125 1256 Ts| 111 180 131 1291 Wf| 202 215 1256 Wz| 311 1583 Ys| 1474 Number of 2-station scans: 320 Number of 3-station scans: 124 Number of 4-station scans: 110 Number of 5-station scans: 78 Number of 6-station scans: 153 Number of 7-station scans: 30 Number of 8-station scans: 14 Total number of scans: 829 Total number of obs: 5449 Total integrated obs-time: 396630 Average obs-time: 72.8 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: | 2600| 652| 549| 262| 377| 198| 194| 218| 120| 103| 29| 29| 23| 27| 14| 7| 28| 19i Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ny On Sh Ts Wf Wz Ys AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 39 39 47 63 41 50 103 56 Ny| 72 77 105 68 100 177 93 On| 61 76 55 90 162 85 Sh| 151 62 86 142 108 Ts| 80 113 172 123 Wf| 83 166 81 Wz| 249 120 Ys| 174 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ny On Sh Ts Wf Wz Ys AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 17 17 17 23 21 19 18 19 Ny| 28 26 44 31 35 31 31 On| 21 32 25 30 27 26 Sh| 59 24 27 23 37 Ts| 38 43 34 46 Wf| 33 32 29 Wz| 37 33 Ys| 30 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA ONSALA60 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 SESHAN25 TSUKUB32 WESTFORD YEBES40M 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 1100+122 1.00 1.50 0.04 2 2 1519-294 1.00 1.50 0.13 7 7 0332+078 1.00 1.50 0.09 5 5 0805+046 1.00 1.50 0.22 12 12 1823+568 1.00 1.50 1.36 74 13 2208-137 1.00 1.50 0.15 8 8 1601+112 1.00 1.50 0.11 6 6 0438-436 1.00 1.50 0.22 12 12 0013-005 1.00 1.50 0.13 7 7 2326-477 1.00 1.50 0.07 4 4 Total 2.51 137 76 =========================================================== 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 FtNyOnShTsWfWzYs 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 1 FORTLEZA 3.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Ny NYALES20 Mark5B On ONSALA60 Mark5B Sh SESHAN25 Mark5B Ts TSUKUB32 K5 Wf WESTFORD Mark5B Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Ys YEBES40M 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 Ny On Sh Ts Wf Wz Ft Ny On Sh Ts Wf Wz Ny 20 Ny 15 On 20 20 On 15 15 Sh 20 20 20 Sh 15 15 15 Ts 20 20 20 20 Ts 15 15 15 15 Wf 20 20 20 20 20 Wf 15 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 Ys 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ys 15 15 15 15 15 15 15