Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1664 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: R1664 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2014-335-17:00:00 End: 2014-336-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014335 (2014.92) ( 16993 MJD, MON. 1DEC.) Greenwich sidereal time: 21:41:53 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 16h 31.0m -21d 51.6 =========================================================== 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 Ht Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg 0202+319 14335-170000| 54 167 110 77 43 59 167| 1334-127 14335-170000| 50 50 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Ht Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg 1104-445 14336-165019| 223 293 293| 1308+328 14336-165033| 43 43 | 1144+402 14336-165153| 43 43 | 3C418 14336-165202| 77 77 43 | 0955+326 14336-165313| 43 43 | 1057-797 14336-165438| 83 83 | 1039+811 14336-165451| 76 76 43 43 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1664.skd for experiment R1664 (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 = 55.8 (Baseline Ht-Ke on 0202+319) RMS = 14.9 Total time: 1436 minutes ( 23.9 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Ht=HART15M Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Ts=TSUKUB32 Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ft Ht Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 30 40 54 63 51 49 34 37 59 46 % cal. time: 3 5 4 4 5 6 6 5 4 5 % slew time: 32 22 10 12 30 25 26 13 12 21 % idle time: 34 32 31 20 14 19 33 43 24 28 total # scans: 242 393 319 356 412 481 559 460 344 396 # scans/hour : 10 16 13 15 17 20 23 19 14 17 Avg scan (sec): 108 88 146 153 106 88 53 69 148 106 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 0.9 1.2 1.7 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.8 1.4 Total TB(M5): 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.4 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.3 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Ht Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg Total ------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 167 5 2 119 96 39 122 6 556 Ht| 98 94 142 93 115 160 121 990 Hb| 266 22 39 146 25 269 870 Ke| 74 98 209 80 294 1117 Ma| 337 262 377 56 1389 Ny| 378 357 70 1468 Ts| 297 166 1612 Wz| 62 1480 Yg| 1044 Number of 2-station scans: 328 Number of 3-station scans: 201 Number of 4-station scans: 305 Number of 5-station scans: 136 Number of 6-station scans: 29 Number of 7-station scans: 31 Number of 8-station scans: 2 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 1032 Total number of obs: 5263 Total integrated obs-time: 438212 Average obs-time: 83.3 Histogram of observation durations Dur: 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 #Obs: | 2513| 802| 635| 389| 207| 175| 196| 132| 31| 75| 58| 14| 23| 0| 6| 3| 4Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ht Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 35 25 22 42 41 53 48 20 42 Ht| 33 32 53 52 84 65 32 49 Hb| 41 42 44 73 48 37 44 Ke| 41 45 88 45 36 48 Ma| 71 80 85 38 69 Ny| 107 92 39 78 Ts| 113 68 91 Wz| 42 82 Yg| 41 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ht Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 21 22 27 17 17 19 19 23 19 Ht| 23 21 25 25 40 30 25 26 Hb| 18 15 15 29 15 19 20 Ke| 15 16 38 16 19 22 Ma| 27 32 30 16 26 Ny| 43 33 17 30 Ts| 43 32 37 Wz| 17 31 Yg| 21 =========================================================== 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 KATH12M MATERA 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 1428+370 1.00 1.50 0.04 2 2 2319+444 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2000+148 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1030+074 1.00 1.50 0.13 7 5 0237+040 1.00 1.50 0.11 6 4 0729+259 1.00 1.50 0.13 7 7 2351-154 1.00 1.50 0.44 23 9 2106-413 1.00 1.50 0.04 2 2 0440+345 1.00 1.50 0.11 6 6 0955+326 1.00 1.50 0.87 46 19 Total 1.88 99 54 =========================================================== 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 FtHtHbKeMaNyTsWzYg 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 Ke KATH12M Mark5B Ma MATERA 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 Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Ft Ht Hb Ke Ma Ny Ts Wz Ht 20 Ht 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