Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1577 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2013.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1577 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-077-17:00:00 End: 2013-078-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013077 (2013.21) ( 16370 MJD, MON. 18MAR.) Greenwich sidereal time: 4:45: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 23h 53.6m 0d 41.5 =========================================================== Important Station Information This is the first R1 session with Warkworth as a participating station since Warkworth's maser has been repaired. =========================================================== 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 Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Ww Wf Wz Yg 3C418 13077-170000| 43 43 43 43 43 | 1746+470 13077-170126| 213 219 219 | 1741-038 13077-170230| 98 47 43 102 102| 1622-253 13077-170456| 198 243 43 407 407| 1123+264 13077-170649| 54 43 54 | 1300+580 13077-170826| 119 57 119 103 | 2255-282 13077-171009| 81 81 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Ww Wf Wz Yg 1741-038 13078-155421| 313 313 | 3C371 13078-155522| 66 58 43 66 49 | 1300+580 13078-155714| 225 117 68 225 104 | 0800+618 13078-155937| 49 49 | 0529+483 13078-160144| 70 70 | 1324+224 13078-160150| 157 157 86 43 | 0454+844 13078-160416| 434 306 434 374 | 3C274 13078-160503| 290 290| 1451-375 13078-160529| 255 255 | 1622-253 13078-161040| 191 237 43 383 383| 2229+695 13078-161234| 114 43 114 88 | 1846+322 13078-161615| 65 82 43 82 | 1104-445 13078-161814| 123 123| 3C418 13078-161816| 43 43 43 43 43 | 2113+293 13078-161940| 296 269 152 296 | 1741-038 13078-162103| 95 43 95 | 1909+161 13078-162254| 88 88 | 1057-797 13078-162326| 142 347 347| 1300+580 13078-162555| 216 118 64 216 104 | 0955+476 13078-162744| 54 54 | 0648-165 13078-162949| 133 133| 1324+224 13078-163018| 159 159 86 43 | 0119+115 13078-163251| 43 43 | 3C274 13078-163333| 302 216 302 55 | 0800+618 13078-163534| 104 104 59 | 1623+578 13078-163812| 244 244 | 1104-445 13078-163919| 120 120| 2229+695 13078-164002| 114 114 88 | 1846+322 13078-164315| 268 443 105 443 441 | 1622-253 13078-164555| 183 43 183| 3C371 13078-164831| 43 43 43 | 1255-316 13078-164954| 281 281| 1909+161 13078-165114| 219 224 89 224 | 1746+470 13078-165323| 56 56 | 0955+476 13078-165541| 54 54 | 0119+115 13078-165609| 45 45 43 | 1149-084 13078-165736| 84 84 | 0133+476 13078-165844| 56 56 46 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1577.skd for experiment R1577 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 4.8 Min = 0.0 Max = 58.6 (Baseline Tc-Wf on 0332-403) RMS = 9.7 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Ww=WARK12M Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Ww Wf Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 65 55 60 43 45 50 63 52 55 54 % cal. time: 4 4 5 1 6 2 4 5 3 4 % slew time: 10 19 21 2 25 5 16 12 8 14 % idle time: 21 21 13 52 22 42 17 30 33 28 total # scans: 307 326 421 127 528 156 347 389 229 314 # scans/hour : 13 14 18 5 22 7 14 16 10 13 Avg scan (sec): 182 146 124 295 74 276 156 116 209 175 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 2012 1714 1876 1351 1415 1550 1949 1627 1726 1691 Total GB(M5): 1789 1524 1668 1201 1258 1378 1732 1446 1534 1503 # of tapes : 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: 9.0 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 13529.6 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Ww Wf Wz Yg StnTotal ------------------------------------------------------- Ke| 55 48 5 158 100 15 26 172 579 Kk| 160 45 213 32 140 113 22 780 Ny| 19 266 3 245 326 9 1076 Tc| 4 18 83 35 0 209 Ts| 49 148 217 88 1143 Ww| 9 0 85 296 Wf| 223 0 863 Wz| 12 952 Yg| 388 Number of 2-station scans: 462 Number of 3-station scans: 279 Number of 4-station scans: 159 Number of 5-station scans: 77 Number of 6-station scans: 8 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 985 3143 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: KATH12M KOKEE NYALES20 TIGOCONC TSUKUB32 WARK12M WESTFORD YARRA12M Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:1 256.000 Mbits 128.000 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 channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 Recording mode setup for: WETTZELL 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 0951+268 1.00 1.50 0.03 1 1 0524-460 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0943+105 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2005-489 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2216+178 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1608+243 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0358+210 1.00 1.50 0.03 1 1 2127-096 1.00 1.50 0.19 6 6 1123+264 1.00 1.50 1.69 53 11 0534-340 1.00 1.50 0.13 4 4 Total 2.07 65 23 =========================================================== 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 KeKkNyTcTsWwWfWzYg 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 =========================================================== Weighted Station 4 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ke KATH12M Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Ts TSUKUB32 K5 Ww WARK12M Mark5B Wf WESTFORD Mark5B Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Yg YARRA12M Mark5B =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Ww Wf Wz Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Ww Wf Wz Kk 20 Kk 15 Ny 20 20 Ny 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 Ts 20 20 20 15 Ts 15 15 15 12 Ww 20 20 20 15 20 Ww 15 15 15 12 15 Wf 20 20 20 15 20 20 Wf 15 15 15 12 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 12 15 15 15 Yg 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 12 15 15 15 15