Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1730 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2016.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1730 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2016-067-17:00:00 End: 2016-068-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2016067 (2016.18) ( 17455 MJD, MON. 7MAR.) Greenwich sidereal time: 04:03:21 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 23h 14.2m -4d 54.9 =========================================================== Important Station Information Wettzell-North was tagged along to this schedule file. =========================================================== 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 Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wn Wz Yg 0017+200 16067-170000| 65 65 46 43 43 | 1424-418 16067-170000| 43 43 43 43 43 43 43| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wn Wz Yg 0003-066 16068-165435| 101 101 | 1806+456 16068-165705| 49 43 49 | 1334-127 16068-165832| 48 43 43 48 43 44 43| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1730.skd for experiment R1730 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 7.3 Min = 0.0 Max = 84.7 (Baseline Ma-Ww on 2227-088) RMS = 12.8 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Kv=SEJONG Ts=TSUKUB32 Ww=WARK12M Wn=WETTZ13N Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wn Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 24 59 55 42 48 46 50 34 55 40 37 54 45 % cal. time: 3 5 5 5 5 6 4 7 5 6 6 5 5 % slew time: 32 15 14 27 32 25 8 27 16 4 13 14 19 % idle time: 40 20 25 25 14 22 37 32 23 49 43 26 30 total # scans: 219 445 427 438 454 487 375 568 438 492 477 419 436 # scans/hour : 9 19 18 18 19 20 16 24 18 21 20 17 18 Avg scan (sec): 95 114 111 84 91 82 114 52 108 71 67 111 91 # data tracks: 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 # Mk5 tracks: 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 Total TB(M5): 1.3 3.3 3.0 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.7 1.9 3.0 2.2 2.1 3.0 2.5 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wn Wz Yg Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 22 4 37 146 88 10 32 32 129 131 13 644 Hb| 310 165 21 39 157 199 376 19 17 321 1646 Ke| 185 66 94 224 252 283 81 73 341 1913 Kk| 121 219 187 305 187 159 164 129 1858 Ma| 331 113 212 4 388 389 55 1846 Ny| 164 290 42 376 373 54 2070 Kv| 298 150 142 135 187 1767 Ts| 188 233 234 202 2445 Ww| 5 3 280 1550 Wn| 425 58 2015 Wz| 47 1991 Yg| 1687 Number of 2-station scans: 257 Number of 3-station scans: 228 Number of 4-station scans: 241 Number of 5-station scans: 164 Number of 6-station scans: 153 Number of 7-station scans: 118 Number of 8-station scans: 43 Number of 9-station scans: 12 Number of 10-station scans: 5 Number of 11-station scans: 1 Number of 12-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 1222 Total number of obs: 10716 Total integrated obs-time: 796142 Average obs-time: 74.3 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: | 5316| 1070| 744| 938| 603| 391| 536| 260| 178| 107| 152| 69| 75| 90| 75| 74| 27| 11 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wn Wz Yg AVG --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 27 27 24 36 37 29 51 27 34 47 20 37 Hb| 41 31 37 34 29 65 45 33 42 38 42 Ke| 33 37 35 31 83 37 31 40 37 42 Kk| 36 48 33 105 33 37 47 27 48 Ma| 63 41 89 39 65 90 31 64 Ny| 43 113 32 63 85 31 66 Kv| 97 26 37 50 26 45 Ts| 65 93 123 63 91 Ww| 27 41 35 40 Wn| 90 29 64 Wz| 35 80 Yg| 37 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wn Wz Yg AVG --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 18 15 23 18 18 15 21 20 25 23 21 21 Hb| 20 32 16 18 17 36 22 21 17 20 23 Ke| 34 16 18 18 45 20 20 18 22 24 Kk| 25 37 32 87 36 36 32 33 42 Ma| 27 18 39 17 37 35 18 30 Ny| 20 50 19 36 34 19 32 Kv| 51 18 23 21 18 26 Ts| 40 54 50 41 51 Ww| 24 19 21 25 Wn| 48 24 38 Wz| 21 36 Yg| 24 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX8N 8F Recording mode for: FORTLEZA HOBART12 KATH12M KOKEE MATERA NYALES20 SEJONG TSUKUB32 WARK12M WETTZ13N WETTZELL YARRA12M Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:1 512 Mbits 128 MHz 14 2 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks 8.00 MHz 1 32(*1) 32 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 19.13 11.48 30.61 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans NGC5675 1.00 1.50 0.02 2 2 0511-220 1.00 1.50 0.03 3 3 0259+121 1.00 1.50 0.27 29 13 2155-304 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1550-242 1.00 1.50 0.01 1 1 0711+356 1.00 1.50 0.07 7 5 2000+148 1.00 1.50 0.07 8 6 1013+127 1.00 1.50 0.13 14 12 2353+816 1.00 1.50 1.78 191 16 0549-575 1.00 1.50 0.01 1 1 Total 2.39 256 59 =========================================================== 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 FtHbKeKkMaNyKvTsWwWnWzYg 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 Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Ma MATERA Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Kv SEJONG K5 Ts TSUKUB32 K5 Ww WARK12M Mark5B Wn WETTZ13N 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 Kk Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wn Wz Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wn Wz Hb 20 Hb 15 Ke 20 20 Ke 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 Ma 20 20 20 20 Ma 15 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 15 Kv 20 20 20 20 20 20 Kv 15 15 15 15 15 15 Ts 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ts 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Ww 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ww 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Wn 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wn 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15