Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1635 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: R1635 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: WASH Start: 2014-118-17:00:00 End: 2014-119-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014118 (2014.32) ( 16776 MJD, MON. 28APR.) Greenwich sidereal time: 7:26: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 2h 23.8m 14d 16.8 =========================================================== 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 Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz Yg 0454-234 14118-170000| 99 99 53 | NRAO512 14118-170000| 287 129 306 43 287 306| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz Yg 1823+568 14119-165136| 362 362 76 327 261 | 1124-186 14119-165148| 92 92| 2215+150 14119-165339| 82 82 | 1104-445 14119-165356| 148 148| OJ287 14119-165800| 58 43 58 | 1424-418 14119-165830| 43 43 43 43| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1635.skd for experiment R1635 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 8.4 Min = 0.0 Max = 130.9 (Baseline Tc-Ts on NRAO512 ) RMS = 14.2 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 48 60 64 55 55 34 49 48 62 53 % cal. time: 3 4 4 5 2 6 4 5 4 4 % slew time: 33 12 12 21 3 26 17 13 12 17 % idle time: 15 23 19 18 39 33 29 33 21 26 total # scans: 221 365 384 407 187 559 375 399 361 362 # scans/hour : 9 15 16 17 8 23 16 17 15 15 Avg scan (sec): 188 143 143 117 252 52 113 103 149 139 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.5 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.6 Total TB(M5): 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.5 0.9 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.5 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz Yg Total ------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 18 0 76 136 28 152 129 7 546 Hb| 292 16 51 212 21 18 287 915 Ke| 52 16 267 20 41 315 1003 Ny| 33 274 252 290 34 1027 Tc| 23 115 56 15 445 Ts| 171 218 232 1425 Wf| 236 3 970 Wz| 43 1031 Yg| 936 Number of 2-station scans: 241 Number of 3-station scans: 326 Number of 4-station scans: 345 Number of 5-station scans: 74 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 number of scans: 994 Total number of obs: 4149 Total integrated obs-time: 439035 Average obs-time: 105.8 Histogram of observation durations Dur: 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500#Obs: | 1799| 395| 344| 326| 410| 227| 148| 102| 52| 85| 66| 49| 38| 23| 32| 29| 3| 11| 10Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 26 - 50 28 48 49 68 26 48 Hb| 41 36 20 66 42 37 31 42 Ke| 49 20 93 41 50 35 53 Ny| 21 92 63 88 33 73 Tc| 24 22 29 17 24 Ts| 66 98 54 78 Wf| 80 42 60 Wz| 36 78 Yg| 38 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 17 - 19 14 18 22 23 18 20 Hb| 19 20 12 33 20 19 19 22 Ke| 16 12 36 16 16 18 23 Ny| 14 36 26 30 19 28 Tc| 14 13 13 13 13 Ts| 29 35 31 33 Wf| 29 15 25 Wz| 17 28 Yg| 21 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX 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 Recording mode setup for: HOBART12 KATH12M NYALES20 TIGOCONC TSUKUB32 WESTFORD YARRA12M 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 0636+680 1.00 1.50 0.77 32 11 1823+568 1.00 1.50 1.69 70 16 1252+119 1.00 1.50 0.67 28 18 0454-463 1.00 1.50 0.41 17 6 1459+480 1.00 1.50 0.58 24 8 2232-488 1.00 1.50 0.63 26 9 Total 4.75 197 68 =========================================================== 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 FtHbKeNyTcTsWfWzYg 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 5 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Ts TSUKUB32 K5 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) X-band (ast_margin 0) S-band (ast_margin 0) Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wf Wz Hb 20 Hb 15 Ke 20 20 Ke 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 Yg 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 12 15 15 15