Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1630 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: R1630 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2014-083-17:00:00 End: 2014-084-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014083 (2014.23) ( 16741 MJD, MON. 24MAR.) Greenwich sidereal time: 5: 8: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 0h 14.6m 1d 34.8 =========================================================== 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 Ai Ft Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz 1021-006 14083-170000| 506 95 352 440 506 120| 2209+236 14083-170000| 347 347 312 | 2131-021 14083-170637| 103 103 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ai Ft Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz 2131-021 14084-164211| 104 104 | 0657+172 14084-164321| 146 96 146 73| 1749+096 14084-164517| 45 45 | OJ287 14084-164636| 62 55 43 53 62| 0552+398 14084-164808| 49 49 43 | 1424-418 14084-164834| 53 53 43 43 43 | 0805+410 14084-164936| 148 148| 1144-379 14084-165023| 297 222 297 206 194 | 0716+714 14084-165247| 43 43| 1015+359 14084-165505| 178 178 58 135| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1630.skd for experiment R1630 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.9 Min = 0.0 Max = 240.0 (Baseline Ft-Ts on 0657+172) RMS = 12.1 Total time: 1438 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ai=AIRA Ft=FORTLEZA Ht=HART15M Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Wz=WETTZELL Ai Ft Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz Avg % obs. time: 47 50 53 56 58 49 55 54 55 52 53 % cal. time: 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 2 5 4 3 % slew time: 7 29 17 7 9 19 19 3 21 12 15 % idle time: 43 18 25 32 29 27 20 40 17 31 29 total # scans: 214 191 314 233 270 303 363 164 447 360 285 # scans/hour : 9 8 13 10 11 13 15 7 19 15 12 Avg scan (sec): 190 225 147 209 185 139 132 284 107 124 173 # 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 TBytes: 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 Total TB(M5): 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ai Ft Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz Total ------------------------------------------------------------ Ai| 2 39 63 97 85 96 0 168 70 620 Ft| 132 9 0 13 48 110 7 77 398 Ht| 45 39 0 107 73 65 155 655 Hb| 145 100 21 25 109 19 536 Ke| 98 49 8 176 40 652 Kk| 124 44 193 85 742 Ny| 22 177 264 908 Tc| 13 44 339 Ts| 137 1045 Wz| 891 Number of 2-station scans: 467 Number of 3-station scans: 243 Number of 4-station scans: 143 Number of 5-station scans: 94 Number of 6-station scans: 21 Number of 7-station scans: 4 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Number of 10-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 972 3393 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ai| 26 33 32 34 30 37 - 150 38 65 Ft| 49 27 - 30 38 33 54 77 47 Ht| 42 50 - 44 28 91 68 53 Hb| 53 38 30 26 93 43 52 Ke| 39 36 24 107 43 60 Kk| 58 19 112 55 60 Ny| 19 129 112 80 Tc| 25 37 29 Ts| 130 118 Wz| 85 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ai| 16 23 19 18 30 23 - 66 21 34 Ft| 25 16 - 21 24 14 45 29 23 Ht| 23 22 - 28 14 50 35 29 Hb| 24 34 25 13 44 22 28 Ke| 33 23 13 45 22 30 Kk| 37 16 81 30 44 Ny| 18 55 41 37 Tc| 16 16 15 Ts| 49 57 Wz| 35 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: AIRA HART15M HOBART12 KATH12M KOKEE NYALES20 TIGOCONC TSUKUB32 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 Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 1021-006 1.00 1.50 1.83 62 12 1240+381 1.00 1.50 0.03 1 1 1659+399 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0438-436 1.00 1.50 0.18 6 6 NGC6251 1.00 1.50 0.12 4 4 1615+029 1.00 1.50 0.27 9 9 0524+034 1.00 1.50 0.29 10 10 1251-713 1.00 1.50 0.21 7 7 2131-021 1.00 1.50 1.44 49 17 0149+218 1.00 1.50 1.00 34 14 Total 5.36 182 80 =========================================================== 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 AiFtHtHbKeKkNyTcTsWz 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 8 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ai AIRA K5 Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Ht HART15M Mark5B Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Ts TSUKUB32 K5 Wz WETTZELL Mark5A =========================================================== 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) Ai Ft Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Ai Ft Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Ft 20 Ft 15 Ht 20 20 Ht 15 15 Hb 20 20 20 Hb 15 15 15 Ke 20 20 20 20 Ke 15 15 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 Ts 65 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 Ts 60 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 15