Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1666 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: R1666 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2014-349-17:00:00 End: 2014-350-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014349 (2014.96) ( 17007 MJD, MON. 15DEC.) Greenwich sidereal time: 22:37:05 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 17h 32.3m -23d 17.0 =========================================================== This is the first R1 session that Sejong is scheduled as a regular station. =========================================================== 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 Ma Ny On Kv Ts Wz Ys 0133+476 14349-170000| 43 43 48 48 43 43 43| 0727-115 14349-170155| 43 43 | 3C418 14349-170301| 88 77 54 88 43 53| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Ma Ny On Kv Ts Wz Ys 3C371 14350-165423| 181 181 46 138 181| 0834-201 14350-165711| 43 43 | CTA26 14350-165745| 43 43 43 | 0727-115 14350-165831| 43 43 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1666.skd for experiment R1666 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 8.7 Min = 0.0 Max = 180.0 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 1741-038) RMS = 15.5 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Kv=SEJONG Ts=TSUKUB32 Wz=WETTZELL Ys=YEBES40M Ft Ma Ny On Kv Ts Wz Ys Avg % obs. time: 53 43 42 52 55 45 32 33 44 % cal. time: 3 3 4 3 6 6 4 4 4 % slew time: 37 22 20 19 8 22 13 33 22 % idle time: 7 30 34 25 31 25 50 29 29 total # scans: 243 278 324 296 504 533 357 324 357 # scans/hour : 10 12 14 12 21 22 15 14 15 Avg scan (sec): 187 134 111 151 94 73 77 88 113 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.4 Total TB(M5): 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.2 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Ma Ny On Kv Ts Wz Ys Total -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 199 122 165 9 13 163 230 901 Ma| 154 217 30 41 232 223 1096 Ny| 216 121 148 226 172 1159 On| 60 69 260 199 1186 Kv| 497 88 49 854 Ts| 106 66 940 Wz| 250 1325 Ys| 1189 Number of 2-station scans: 432 Number of 3-station scans: 132 Number of 4-station scans: 82 Number of 5-station scans: 99 Number of 6-station scans: 111 Number of 7-station scans: 10 Number of 8-station scans: 5 Total number of scans: 871 Total number of obs: 4325 Total integrated obs-time: 400011 Average obs-time: 92.5 Histogram of observation durations Dur: 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 #Obs: | 2205| 547| 364| 187| 277| 62| 197| 130| 42| 122| 62| 36| 26| 27| 10| 10| 21Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ma Ny On Kv Ts Wz Ys AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 36 35 32 42 59 43 83 49 Ma| 80 73 39 107 108 195 100 Ny| 79 42 128 103 184 97 On| 37 97 89 163 87 Kv| 62 43 74 55 Ts| 140 232 97 Wz| 259 122 Ys| 177 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ma Ny On Kv Ts Wz Ys AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 17 18 17 15 21 20 18 18 Ma| 32 29 17 41 36 33 30 Ny| 31 19 54 37 34 33 On| 16 41 32 30 29 Kv| 30 19 17 25 Ts| 55 46 39 Wz| 42 35 Ys| 32 =========================================================== 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: MATERA NYALES20 SEJONG TSUKUB32 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 1754+155 1.00 1.50 0.02 1 1 1015+057 1.00 1.50 0.02 1 1 2254+024 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2155-304 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0436-129 1.00 1.50 0.35 15 15 1349-439 1.00 1.50 0.14 6 6 1255-177 1.00 1.50 0.28 12 12 0805+046 1.00 1.50 0.12 5 5 0116-219 1.00 1.50 0.92 40 24 1511-100 1.00 1.50 1.18 51 22 Total 3.03 131 86 =========================================================== 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 FtMaNyOnKvTsWzYs 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 2.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Ma MATERA Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B On ONSALA60 Mark5B Kv SEJONG K5 Ts TSUKUB32 K5 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 Ma Ny On Kv Ts Wz Ft Ma Ny On Kv Ts Wz Ma 20 Ma 15 Ny 20 20 Ny 15 15 On 20 20 20 On 15 15 15 Kv 20 20 20 20 Kv 15 15 15 15 Ts 20 20 20 20 20 Ts 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