Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1585 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: R1585 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-133-17:00:00 End: 2013-134-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013133 (2013.36) ( 16426 MJD, MON. 13MAY.) Greenwich sidereal time: 8:26: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 3h 22.8m 18d 32.6 =========================================================== 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 Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wz Ys 0059+581 13133-170000| 43 43 | 0727-115 13133-170000| 75 43 169 169 70 67| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wz Ys CTA26 13134-163416| 262 262 | 0727-115 13134-163621| 43 43 43 43| 1128+385 13134-164034| 117 117 90 45 43 43| 1300+580 13134-164313| 221 221 208 163 218| OJ287 13134-164511| 43 43 | 1040+244 13134-164819| 382 295 382 276 232 257| 3C274 13134-165330| 43 43 43| 1034-293 13134-165641| 110 110 | 0059+581 13134-165650| 43 43 43 43 43| 3C418 13134-165853| 65 65 48 61 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1585.skd for experiment R1585 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 7.3 Min = 0.0 Max = 96.0 (Baseline Sh-Tc on 0727-115) RMS = 12.7 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Sh=SESHAN25 Tc=TIGO Wz=WETTZELL Ys=YEBES40M Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wz Ys Avg % obs. time: 40 25 42 48 38 37 33 38 38 % cal. time: 2 2 5 4 4 2 4 4 3 % slew time: 34 44 25 27 28 3 12 37 27 % idle time: 23 28 27 20 29 58 50 20 32 total # scans: 202 187 399 368 307 148 377 370 294 # scans/hour : 8 8 17 15 13 6 16 15 12 Avg scan (sec): 171 117 92 112 108 217 76 89 122 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1246 785 1315 1483 1190 1158 1033 1190 1175 Total GB(M5): 1107 698 1169 1319 1058 1029 919 1058 1045 # of tapes : 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 tape change times (hhmm): Total number of tapes: 8.0 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 8357.0 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wz Ys Total -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 80 72 71 20 119 73 101 536 Hh| 62 70 59 62 77 99 509 Ny| 323 258 26 318 289 1348 On| 228 25 320 296 1333 Sh| 3 223 191 982 Tc| 18 44 297 Wz| 322 1351 Ys| 1342 Number of 2-station scans: 195 Number of 3-station scans: 82 Number of 4-station scans: 119 Number of 5-station scans: 174 Number of 6-station scans: 58 Number of 7-station scans: 4 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 632 3849 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wz Ys AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 40 41 37 51 21 46 119 52 Hh| 40 40 42 19 60 156 63 Ny| 60 68 19 84 149 83 On| 49 18 67 123 70 Sh| 29 70 117 71 Tc| 20 45 24 Wz| 182 97 Ys| 141 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wz Ys AVG ------------------------------------------------- Ft| 28 19 18 15 14 21 25 20 Hh| 28 25 26 15 35 40 29 Ny| 25 26 16 33 29 28 On| 20 16 28 25 24 Sh| 12 25 21 23 Tc| 14 12 14 Wz| 35 30 Ys| 28 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA ONSALA60 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 Recording mode setup for: HARTRAO NYALES20 SESHAN25 TIGOCONC YEBES40M 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 0202+149 1.00 1.50 0.88 34 7 0729+259 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0234-301 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1042+071 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 Total 0.88 34 7 =========================================================== 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 FtHhNyOnShTcWzYs 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 6 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hh HARTRAO Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B On ONSALA60 Mark5A Sh SESHAN25 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Ys YEBES40M Mark5B =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wz Ft Hh Ny On Sh Tc Wz Hh 20 Hh 15 Ny 20 20 Ny 15 15 On 20 20 20 On 15 15 15 Sh 20 20 20 20 Sh 15 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 15 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 12 Ys 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Ys 15 15 15 15 15 12 15