Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1313 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2008.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== Parameter values for experiment R1313 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: Please see the master schedule. Nominal start: 2008-028-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2008-029-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2008028 (2008.08) ( 14494 MJD, MON. 28JAN.) Greenwich sidereal time: 1:29: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 20h 42.2m -18d 13.8 =========================================================== 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 Hh Ma Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz 0235+164 08028-170000| 160 159 151 142 160 81| 1606+106 08028-170359| 200 200 200 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz 1921-293 08029-165204| 40 40 | 0003-066 08029-165227| 200 200 | 1038+52A 08029-165258| 116 116 | 0014+813 08029-165317| 40 40| 0642+449 08029-165608| 40 40 40 40| 1128+385 08029-165802| 40 40 40| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1313.skd for experiment R1313 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 8.6 Min = 0.0 Max = 120.0 (Baseline Tc-Ts on 0537-441) RMS = 13.0 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 36 25 36 38 37 32 38 32 34 % cal. time: 3 3 5 6 3 5 5 5 4 % slew time: 42 52 39 30 9 21 20 16 29 % idle time: 17 19 19 25 51 42 37 45 32 total # scans: 286 259 462 508 216 437 408 465 380 # scans/hour : 12 11 19 21 9 18 17 19 16 Avg scan (sec): 110 84 68 64 148 63 81 60 84 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1236 873 1300 1362 1226 1142 1330 1172 1205 Total GB(M5): 1098 776 1155 1211 1090 1015 1183 1042 1071 # of tapes : 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 tape change times (hhmm): Total number of tapes: 0.6 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 8571.1 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz StnTotal -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 118 63 39 143 13 145 58 579 Hh| 138 53 72 63 43 117 604 Ma| 278 26 187 143 403 1238 Ny| 13 306 230 311 1230 Tc| 38 79 24 395 Ts| 151 189 947 Wf| 165 956 Wz| 1267 Number of 2-station scans: 482 Number of 3-station scans: 287 Number of 4-station scans: 143 Number of 5-station scans: 84 Number of 6-station scans: 35 Number of 7-station scans: 2 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 1033 3608 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA TSUKUB32 Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256.000 Mbits 128.000 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 0.01 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 channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 Recording mode setup for: HARTRAO MATERA NYALES20 TIGOCONC WESTFORD WETTZELL Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256.000 Mbits 128.000 MHz 14 1 16 Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 0.01 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 channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual Num #Scans 2030+547 1.00 1.50 1.03 37 17 1633+38 1.00 1.50 1.77 64 20 0829+046 1.00 1.50 0.64 23 7 1130+009 1.00 1.50 0.72 26 9 1038+52A 1.00 1.50 0.80 29 25 4C67.05 1.00 1.50 1.72 62 8 0507+179 1.00 1.50 0.94 34 23 0109+224 1.00 1.50 1.08 39 18 0202-172 1.00 1.50 0.89 32 15 2134+00 1.00 1.50 0.94 34 22 Total 10.53 380 164 =========================================================== Minor Options Option Norm Wt Aux_Parm Astro Abs 3.00 BegScan Rel 1.00 EndScan Rel 1.00 NumObs Rel 1.00 StatIdle Abs 3.00 StatWt Abs 1.00 FFFFT FFF =========================================================== Major Options SkyCov Yes Min_Between 20 Best% 60.0 Last_Hrs 1.00 Add_ps 30.00 Obs_Wts SNRwt =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hh HARTRAO Mark5A Ma MATERA Mark5A Ny NYALES20 Mark5A Tc TIGOCONC Mark5A Ts TSUKUB32 Mark5A Wf WESTFORD Mark5A Wz WETTZELL Mark5A =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 5) S-band (margin 3) Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Ts Wf Ft Hh Ma Ny Tc Ts Wf Hh 20 Hh 15 Ma 20 20 Ma 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 Ts 20 20 20 20 15 Ts 15 15 15 15 12 Wf 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wf 15 15 15 15 12 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 12 15 15