Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1649 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: R1649 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2014-230-17:00:00 End: 2014-231-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014230 (2014.63) ( 16888 MJD, MON. 18AUG.) Greenwich sidereal time: 14:47:55 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 9h 51.7m 12d 57.6 =========================================================== 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 Ht Hb Ke Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg Ys 1921-293 14230-170000| 46 46 | 3C418 14230-170000| 243 117 43 146 90 243 116| 1846+322 14230-170254| 48 48 43 43 43| 0727-115 14230-170338| 43 43 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Ht Hb Ke Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg Ys 0332-403 14231-165148| 134 121 134 | 1255-316 14231-165309| 124 124 | 0059+581 14231-165446| 158 55 43 158 73 123| 3C418 14231-165750| 117 43 90 117 116| 0727-115 14231-165825| 43 43 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1649.skd for experiment R1649 (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 = 110.8 (Baseline Ke-Wf on 0727-115) RMS = 13.7 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Ht=HART15M Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Ny=NYALES20 Ts=TSUKUB32 Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ys=YEBES40M Ft Ht Hb Ke Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg Ys Avg % obs. time: 37 32 50 60 49 33 49 38 57 43 45 % cal. time: 4 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 % slew time: 41 18 13 14 25 26 20 13 14 36 23 % idle time: 17 45 31 20 20 34 25 43 23 15 28 total # scans: 325 335 388 425 456 548 461 433 402 440 421 # scans/hour : 14 14 16 18 19 23 19 18 17 18 18 Avg scan (sec): 97 82 111 121 92 52 91 76 123 84 92 # 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: 1.1 1.0 1.6 1.9 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.2 1.8 1.3 1.4 Total TB(M5): 1.0 0.9 1.4 1.6 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.2 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Ht Hb Ke Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg Ys Total ------------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 173 6 0 143 54 206 157 1 192 932 Ht| 48 55 79 87 77 126 76 135 856 Hb| 322 17 136 12 10 322 3 876 Ke| 62 199 36 49 339 34 1096 Ny| 337 366 352 36 341 1733 Ts| 283 266 142 247 1751 Wf| 304 6 322 1612 Wz| 31 385 1680 Yg| 23 976 Ys| 1682 Number of 2-station scans: 354 Number of 3-station scans: 311 Number of 4-station scans: 143 Number of 5-station scans: 243 Number of 6-station scans: 111 Number of 7-station scans: 17 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Number of 10-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 1179 Total number of obs: 6597 Total integrated obs-time: 514451 Average obs-time: 78.0 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: | 3149| 681| 524| 440| 358| 365| 199| 225| 129| 77| 70| 70| 88| 65| 60| 12| 20| 65 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ht Hb Ke Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg Ys AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 37 26 - 36 48 35 43 36 88 48 Ht| 37 41 46 74 42 63 35 123 59 Hb| 41 37 65 43 42 32 68 41 Ke| 46 93 43 51 35 94 51 Ny| 103 60 90 31 160 90 Ts| 72 111 59 190 101 Wf| 69 35 136 74 Wz| 35 197 105 Yg| 65 38 Ys| 154 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ht Hb Ke Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg Ys AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 23 18 - 17 20 20 18 15 18 19 Ht| 29 23 26 35 27 31 26 30 28 Hb| 23 18 33 16 17 24 17 25 Ke| 17 39 16 16 20 16 24 Ny| 45 29 36 17 31 32 Ts| 36 44 31 37 38 Wf| 32 15 32 30 Wz| 17 38 34 Yg| 15 23 Ys| 32 =========================================================== 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: HART15M HOBART12 KATH12M NYALES20 TSUKUB32 WESTFORD YARRA12M YEBES40M 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 2150+173 1.00 1.50 0.12 8 4 1147+245 1.00 1.50 0.53 35 17 0342+147 1.00 1.50 0.02 1 1 1038+52A 1.00 1.50 1.18 78 17 Total 1.85 122 39 =========================================================== 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 FtHtHbKeNyTsWfWzYgYs 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 Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Ht HART15M Mark5B Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Ts TSUKUB32 K5 Wf WESTFORD Mark5B Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Yg YARRA12M Mark5B Ys YEBES40M 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 Ht Hb Ke Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg Ft Ht Hb Ke Ny Ts Wf Wz Yg Ht 20 Ht 15 Hb 20 20 Hb 15 15 Ke 20 20 20 Ke 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 Ys 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ys 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15