Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1638 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: R1638 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: WASH Start: 2014-153-17:00:00 End: 2014-154-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014153 (2014.42) ( 16811 MJD, MON. 2JUN.) Greenwich sidereal time: 9:44: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 4h 42.4m 22d 14.3 =========================================================== 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 Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg 1751+288 14153-170000| 244 281 78 148 43 141 281| 3C371 14153-170212| 43 43 | 0016+731 14153-170341| 43 43 | 1123+264 14153-170344| 51 70 70 53 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg 1741-038 14154-165202| 177 212 212| OJ287 14154-165258| 43 43 | 0017+200 14154-165304| 68 87 43 87 | 1034-293 14154-165447| 56 56 | 0119+115 14154-165507| 60 60 | 1954+513 14154-165635| 108 108 | 1021-006 14154-165640| 124 133 133 | 0420-014 14154-165702| 43 43 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1638.skd for experiment R1638 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 9.2 Min = 0.0 Max = 110.8 (Baseline Ht-Ke on 0133+476) RMS = 14.8 Total time: 1438 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ht=HART15M Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 Ts=TSUKUB32 Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 40 42 46 41 51 33 54 42 46 44 % cal. time: 5 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 4 5 % slew time: 22 12 11 28 26 26 23 17 12 20 % idle time: 32 41 38 24 16 34 16 34 37 31 total # scans: 403 333 336 460 507 542 523 504 335 438 # scans/hour : 17 14 14 19 21 23 22 21 14 18 Avg scan (sec): 85 110 117 77 87 52 89 73 119 89 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.4 Total TB(M5): 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.4 0.9 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.2 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg Total ------------------------------------------------------- Ht| 103 87 0 123 86 141 231 137 908 Hb| 241 111 14 113 8 10 245 845 Ke| 92 35 170 17 20 255 917 Kk| 234 297 270 168 66 1238 Ny| 289 391 372 23 1481 Ts| 216 207 118 1496 Wf| 352 0 1395 Wz| 24 1384 Yg| 868 Number of 2-station scans: 447 Number of 3-station scans: 288 Number of 4-station scans: 256 Number of 5-station scans: 199 Number of 6-station scans: 23 Number of 7-station scans: 4 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 1217 Total number of obs: 5266 Total integrated obs-time: 396896 Average obs-time: 75.4 Histogram of observation durations Dur: 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180 195 210 225 240 255 270 285 300#Obs: | 2259| 703| 576| 417| 338| 221| 155| 154| 73| 89| 60| 49| 60| 45| 28| 12| 11| 16Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ht| 35 37 - 37 63 29 44 32 39 Hb| 43 31 43 67 33 51 33 41 Ke| 38 45 86 33 54 36 48 Kk| 37 72 30 41 23 43 Ny| 81 48 72 33 58 Ts| 64 92 58 75 Wf| 50 - 45 Wz| 37 60 Yg| 37 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ht| 27 21 - 20 34 19 22 24 23 Hb| 21 27 18 35 18 20 21 24 Ke| 26 16 35 15 17 19 23 Kk| 22 47 24 21 22 29 Ny| 26 19 21 15 21 Ts| 25 28 33 33 Wf| 19 - 21 Wz| 17 22 Yg| 23 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: HART15M HOBART12 KATH12M KOKEE NYALES20 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 Recording mode setup for: 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 2329-384 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1236+077 1.00 1.50 0.15 8 4 1243-160 1.00 1.50 0.02 1 1 2325+093 1.00 1.50 0.08 4 4 1021-006 1.00 1.50 0.47 25 13 1954+513 1.00 1.50 0.78 41 19 0528-250 1.00 1.50 0.04 2 2 0955+326 1.00 1.50 1.08 57 11 0707+476 1.00 1.50 0.27 14 10 Total 2.89 152 64 =========================================================== 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 HtHbKeKkNyTsWfWzYg 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 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ht HART15M Mark5B Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Ny NYALES20 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) Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Ts Wf Wz Ht Hb Ke Kk Ny Ts Wf Wz Hb 20 Hb 15 Ke 20 20 Ke 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 Ts 20 20 20 20 20 Ts 15 15 15 15 15 Wf 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wf 15 15 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15