Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1668 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: R1668 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2014-363-17:00:00 End: 2014-364-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014363 (2014.99) ( 17021 MJD, MON. 29DEC.) Greenwich sidereal time: 23:32:16 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 18h 34.4m -23d 12.1 =========================================================== 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 Ma Ny Kv Ts Wz Ys 0059+581 14363-170000| 360 43 43 360 43 43 43| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Ma Ny Kv Ts Wz Ys 1459+480 14364-165320| 227 61 208 227| 1124-186 14364-165522| 43 43 | 0920-397 14364-165647| 43 43 | 3C446 14364-165700| 52 52 | 0834-201 14364-165807| 43 43 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1668.skd for experiment R1668 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 7.5 Min = 0.0 Max = 120.0 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 1741-038) RMS = 13.5 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Kv=SEJONG Ts=TSUKUB32 Wz=WETTZELL Ys=YEBES40M Ft Ma Ny Kv Ts Wz Ys Avg % obs. time: 59 49 50 48 44 38 43 47 % cal. time: 3 3 3 5 6 3 3 4 % slew time: 34 23 17 6 20 9 26 20 % idle time: 4 24 28 40 29 48 26 29 total # scans: 232 264 299 420 514 285 284 328 # scans/hour : 10 11 12 18 21 12 12 14 Avg scan (sec): 219 160 144 98 74 116 132 133 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.5 Total TB(M5): 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Ma Ny Kv Ts Wz Ys Total --------------------------------------------- Ft| 172 124 14 45 162 219 736 Ma| 151 44 92 196 196 851 Ny| 101 183 192 163 914 Kv| 412 50 29 650 Ts| 109 80 921 Wz| 221 930 Ys| 908 Number of 2-station scans: 403 Number of 3-station scans: 128 Number of 4-station scans: 98 Number of 5-station scans: 98 Number of 6-station scans: 26 Number of 7-station scans: 10 Total number of scans: 763 Total number of obs: 2955 Total integrated obs-time: 331104 Average obs-time: 112.0 Histogram of observation durations Dur: 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 #Obs: | 1185| 314| 208| 170| 211| 279| 204| 85| 58| 44| 82| 9| 35| 22| 21| 23| 5Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ma Ny Kv Ts Wz Ys AVG -------------------------------------------- Ft| 34 33 33 45 37 77 48 Ma| 65 37 78 85 165 86 Ny| 38 93 80 148 81 Kv| 55 44 82 51 Ts| 109 189 82 Wz| 201 104 Ys| 149 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ma Ny Kv Ts Wz Ys AVG -------------------------------------------- Ft| 17 16 15 16 18 18 17 Ma| 32 18 36 37 32 30 Ny| 25 52 38 32 34 Kv| 35 24 19 30 Ts| 51 39 40 Wz| 40 35 Ys| 31 =========================================================== 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: MATERA NYALES20 SEJONG TSUKUB32 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 3C84 1.00 1.50 0.03 1 1 1432+200 1.00 1.50 0.07 2 2 0834+250 1.00 1.50 0.47 14 12 1147+245 1.00 1.50 0.95 28 11 0422-380 1.00 1.50 0.34 10 10 1637+574 1.00 1.50 1.52 45 17 0954+658 1.00 1.50 1.59 47 4 1042+071 1.00 1.50 0.17 5 5 1459+480 1.00 1.50 0.71 21 16 2155+312 1.00 1.50 0.47 14 14 Total 6.33 187 92 =========================================================== 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 FtMaNyKvTsWzYs 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 1 FORTLEZA 2.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Ma MATERA Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Kv SEJONG K5 Ts TSUKUB32 K5 Wz WETTZELL Mark5A 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 Ma Ny Kv Ts Wz Ft Ma Ny Kv Ts Wz Ma 20 Ma 15 Ny 20 20 Ny 15 15 Kv 20 20 20 Kv 15 15 15 Ts 20 20 20 20 Ts 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 Ys 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ys 15 15 15 15 15 15