Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1741 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: R1741 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2016-144-17:00:00 End: 2016-145-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2016144 (2016.39) ( 17532 MJD, MON. 23MAY.) Greenwich sidereal time: 09:06:56 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 4h 3.8m 20d 45.2 =========================================================== Important Station Information Ishioka was tagged along to this schedule file. =========================================================== 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 Is Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wz 1030+415 16144-170000| 263 263 263 182 46 135| 1751+288 16144-170147| 214 214 43 170 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hb Is Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wz 0920-397 16145-165038| 297 297 | 0308-611 16145-165050| 228 228 | 3C418 16145-165220| 66 66 66 43 62| 0302+625 16145-165358| 155 155| 0104-408 16145-165514| 260 260 | 2229+695 16145-165712| 43 43 43 | 0827+243 16145-165724| 120 120 63| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1741.skd for experiment R1741 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.9 Min = 0.0 Max = 155.7 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 0420-014) RMS = 11.9 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hb=HOBART12 Is=ISHIOKA Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Kv=SEJONG Ts=TSUKUB32 Ww=WARK12M Wz=WETTZELL Ft Hb Is Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wz Avg % obs. time: 53 56 53 46 43 44 43 61 34 48 % cal. time: 3 5 6 4 4 5 8 5 4 5 % slew time: 39 14 10 26 20 7 27 15 10 19 % idle time: 4 24 30 23 32 43 22 19 51 28 total # scans: 281 422 521 305 349 460 688 434 318 419 # scans/hour : 12 18 22 13 15 19 29 18 13 17 Avg scan (sec): 161 115 88 132 107 83 54 121 91 105 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TB(M5): 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.7 0.9 1.3 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hb Is Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wz Total ------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 11 35 227 173 4 44 20 231 745 Hb| 124 3 7 69 148 361 0 723 Is| 72 146 341 495 143 74 1430 Ma| 203 29 89 1 250 874 Ny| 89 191 11 213 1033 Kv| 429 81 38 1080 Ts| 151 99 1646 Ww| 1 769 Wz| 906 Number of 2-station scans: 447 Number of 3-station scans: 433 Number of 4-station scans: 226 Number of 5-station scans: 82 Number of 6-station scans: 44 Number of 7-station scans: 1 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 1233 Total number of obs: 4603 Total integrated obs-time: 401524 Average obs-time: 87.2 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: | 1707| 649| 465| 206| 301| 220| 200| 153| 98| 190| 54| 73| 36| 46| 80| 64| 21| 40 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hb Is Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wz AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 20 29 35 31 27 39 24 38 34 Hb| 36 36 32 31 66 41 - 44 Is| 42 44 32 96 32 46 57 Ma| 59 32 62 29 84 58 Ny| 34 74 28 76 56 Kv| 62 26 35 44 Ts| 60 85 74 Ww| 24 41 Wz| 65 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Hb Is Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Wz AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 19 9 17 16 15 18 18 18 17 Hb| 12 15 18 16 30 20 - 20 Is| 15 16 13 36 14 16 21 Ma| 27 17 30 17 32 25 Ny| 18 35 22 32 25 Kv| 34 18 18 23 Ts| 33 40 34 Ww| 15 21 Wz| 27 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode 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 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 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 10.00 6.00 16.00 Recording mode for: HOBART12 ISHIOKA MATERA NYALES20 SEJONG TSUKUB32 WARK12M Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:1 256 Mbits 128 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks 8.00 MHz 1 16(*1) 16 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 NGC5675 1.00 1.50 0.09 4 2 1951+355 1.00 1.50 0.02 1 1 1519-294 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0149+218 1.00 1.50 0.70 32 14 0035-252 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1212+171 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2131-021 1.00 1.50 1.19 55 19 0302+625 1.00 1.50 0.26 12 6 0632-235 1.00 1.50 1.02 47 19 1342+663 1.00 1.50 1.87 86 27 Total 5.15 237 88 =========================================================== 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 FtHbIsMaNyKvTsWwWz 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 3.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Is ISHIOKA K5 Ma MATERA Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Kv SEJONG K5 Ts TSUKUB32 K5 Ww WARK12M Mark5B Wz WETTZELL Mark5A =========================================================== 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 Is Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Ft Hb Is Ma Ny Kv Ts Ww Hb 20 Hb 15 Is 20 20 Is 15 15 Ma 20 20 20 Ma 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 Kv 20 20 20 20 20 Kv 15 15 15 15 15 Ts 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ts 15 15 15 15 15 15 Ww 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ww 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15