Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1540 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2012.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1540 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2012-184-17:00:00 End: 2012-185-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2012184 (2012.50) ( 16111 MJD, MON. 2JUL.) Greenwich sidereal time: 11:44: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 6h 48.7m 22d 57.9 =========================================================== Important Station Information Kokee was tagged along to this schedule file. =========================================================== There are no observations for Kokee and Wettzell from 18:15 U.T. to 19:45 U.T. Kokee and Wettzell will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Kk Ny On Sh Tc Wf Wz Ys 1324+224 12184-170000| 237 174 120 237 83 225 89 64| 1823+568 12184-170326| 43 57 44 57| 3C418 12184-170524| 61 117 142 86 142 95 | 1144-379 12184-170711| 201 107 201 179| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Kk Ny On Sh Tc Wf Wz Ys 0602+673 12185-165305| 339 130 186 359 359 96 129| 0537-441 12185-165454| 43 43 | 1057-797 12185-165701| 66 131 131 | 2229+695 12185-165708| 144 144 100 143| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1540.skd for experiment R1540 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.8 Min = 0.0 Max = 135.0 (Baseline Hh-Ny on 1741-038) RMS = 11.9 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Sh=SESHAN25 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ys=YEBES40M Ft Hh Kk Ny On Sh Tc Wf Wz Ys Avg % obs. time: 39 27 10 49 46 39 39 51 38 45 38 % cal. time: 3 2 1 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 3 % slew time: 34 49 4 21 23 28 3 16 11 32 23 % idle time: 23 20 85 24 26 29 54 29 45 18 36 total # scans: 232 215 85 367 315 281 187 319 350 336 268 # scans/hour : 10 9 4 15 13 12 8 13 15 14 11 Avg scan (sec): 144 110 99 116 127 121 182 137 95 116 124 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1206 849 303 1535 1437 1226 1227 1579 1193 1406 1196 Total GB(M5): 1072 755 270 1365 1277 1089 1091 1403 1061 1250 1063 # of tapes : 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 tape change times (hhmm): Total number of tapes: 10.0 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 10631.5 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Kk Ny On Sh Tc Wf Wz Ys StnTotal ------------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 104 9 26 46 4 143 99 44 65 540 Hh| 0 47 77 44 73 43 83 93 564 Kk| 63 37 53 15 50 35 21 283 Ny| 243 225 15 206 255 232 1312 On| 155 15 157 257 235 1222 Sh| 3 117 183 143 927 Tc| 71 17 35 387 Wf| 159 178 1080 Wz| 276 1309 Ys| 1278 Number of 2-station scans: 224 Number of 3-station scans: 155 Number of 4-station scans: 122 Number of 5-station scans: 122 Number of 6-station scans: 74 Number of 7-station scans: 32 Number of 8-station scans: 1 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Number of 10-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 730 4451 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA HARTRAO KOKEE NYALES20 ONSALA60 SESHAN25 TIGOCONC WESTFORD WETTZELL YEBES40M 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 0.00 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 channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 1751+288 1.00 1.50 1.46 65 10 1722+330 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0954+658 1.00 1.50 1.42 63 7 1717+178 1.00 1.50 0.81 36 7 1240+381 1.00 1.50 0.65 29 8 0110+495 1.00 1.50 0.81 36 4 1823+568 1.00 1.50 1.93 86 7 Total 7.08 315 43 =========================================================== 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 2.00 7 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Major Options Subnet FtHhKkNyOnShTcWfWzYs SkyCov Yes AllBlGood Yes MaxAngle 180 MinAngle 15 MinBetween 20 MinSunDist 15 MaxSlewTime 300 TimeWindow 24.00 MinSubNetSize 2 NumSubNet 1 Best 60 FillIn Yes FillMinSub 3 FillMinTime 120 FillBest 80 Add_ps 30.0 SNRWts Yes =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hh HARTRAO Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5A Ny NYALES20 Mark5A On ONSALA60 Mark5A Sh SESHAN25 Mark5A Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Wf WESTFORD Mark5A Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Ys YEBES40M Mark5A =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) Ft Hh Kk Ny On Sh Tc Wf Wz Ft Hh Kk Ny On Sh Tc Wf Wz Hh 20 Hh 15 Kk 20 20 Kk 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 On 20 20 20 20 On 15 15 15 15 Sh 20 20 20 20 20 Sh 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 12 12 Wf 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 Wf 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 Ys 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 Ys 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 15