Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1655 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: R1655 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2014-272-17:00:00 End: 2014-273-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014272 (2014.75) ( 16930 MJD, MON. 29SEP.) Greenwich sidereal time: 17:33:30 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 12h 23.8m -2d 34.2 =========================================================== Important Station Information Sejong was tagged along 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 Ft Hb Ke Ny Ts Wz Yg Kv 0202+319 14272-170000| 205 205 86 43 83 176 | 1128+385 14272-170215| 120 120 | 3C446 14272-170529| 105 117 43 57 117 117| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hb Ke Ny Ts Wz Yg Kv 1639-062 14273-165427| 74 74 | 2255-282 14273-165514| 215 215 79 | 0017+200 14273-165709| 135 43 113 135 135| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1655.skd for experiment R1655 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 8.8 Min = 0.0 Max = 104.7 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 0458-020) RMS = 16.2 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Ny=NYALES20 Ts=TSUKUB32 Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Kv=SEJONG Ft Hb Ke Ny Ts Wz Yg Kv Avg % obs. time: 35 52 53 53 35 45 49 22 43 % cal. time: 2 4 5 5 6 5 4 2 4 % slew time: 32 13 13 25 28 16 13 4 19 % idle time: 30 30 28 16 30 33 33 71 34 total # scans: 215 370 405 463 547 455 380 174 376 # scans/hour : 9 15 17 19 23 19 16 7 16 Avg scan (sec): 140 121 113 98 55 85 110 109 103 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.1 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.1 1.4 1.5 0.7 1.3 Total TB(M5): 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.2 1.3 0.6 1.2 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hb Ke Ny Ts Wz Yg Kv Total -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 14 1 132 24 178 11 11 371 Hb| 324 25 197 23 314 105 1002 Ke| 48 246 42 335 125 1121 Ny| 312 373 50 63 1003 Ts| 249 216 150 1394 Wz| 47 50 962 Yg| 123 1096 Kv| 627 Number of 2-station scans: 261 Number of 3-station scans: 446 Number of 4-station scans: 127 Number of 5-station scans: 80 Number of 6-station scans: 32 Number of 7-station scans: 7 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 953 Total number of obs: 3788 Total integrated obs-time: 320367 Average obs-time: 84.6 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: | 1737| 392| 220| 279| 283| 173| 101| 44| 95| 141| 20| 71| 27| 36| 9| 24| 63| 73 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hb Ke Ny Ts Wz Yg Kv AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 24 25 34 37 38 26 17 35 Hb| 39 39 67 45 36 25 42 Ke| 43 79 46 34 29 46 Ny| 82 77 32 49 66 Ts| 82 62 88 76 Wz| 41 44 65 Yg| 22 39 Kv| 44 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hb Ke Ny Ts Wz Yg Kv AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 17 15 16 19 17 16 7 17 Hb| 17 16 30 15 19 11 19 Ke| 16 37 16 19 14 22 Ny| 32 26 17 18 25 Ts| 33 35 39 34 Wz| 17 18 25 Yg| 13 21 Kv| 20 =========================================================== 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: HOBART12 KATH12M NYALES20 SEJONG 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 1306+360 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1432+200 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1428+370 1.00 1.50 0.05 2 2 0302+625 1.00 1.50 0.61 23 9 1145-071 1.00 1.50 0.11 4 2 0306+102 1.00 1.50 0.11 4 4 0237+040 1.00 1.50 0.11 4 2 2351-154 1.00 1.50 0.24 9 5 1130+009 1.00 1.50 0.32 12 6 0440+345 1.00 1.50 0.21 8 6 Total 1.74 66 36 =========================================================== 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 FtHbKeNyTsWzYgKv SkyCov Yes AllBlGood No 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 Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Kv SEJONG K5 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 Hb Ke Ny Ts Wz Yg Ft Hb Ke Ny Ts Wz Yg Hb 20 Hb 15 Ke 20 20 Ke 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 Kv 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Kv 12 12 12 12 12 12 12