Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1838 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2018.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1838 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: WASH Start: 2018-106-17:00:00 End: 2018-107-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2018106 (2018.29) ( 18225 MJD, MON. 16APR.) Greenwich sidereal time: 06:39:09 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 1h 38.9m 10d 16.8 =========================================================== 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 Is Ke Ma Ny Kv Sh Wz Yg 1424-418 18106-170000| 43 43| 3C371 18106-170000| 248 263 207 300 133 300 | 1908-201 18106-170150| 135 135| 1759-396 18106-170451| 156 300 64 300| 0202+319 18106-170556| 211 242 242 192 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Is Ke Ma Ny Kv Sh Wz Yg 1759-396 18107-165505| 290 290| 3C273B 18107-165539| 43 43 43 | 2215+150 18107-165703| 72 72 | 0454-234 18107-165733| 142 142 142 | 1908-201 18107-165851| 64 64 64 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1838.skd for experiment R1838 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 4.6 Min = 0.0 Max = 180.0 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 0458-020) RMS = 11.0 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Is=ISHIOKA Ke=KATH12M Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Kv=SEJONG Sh=SESHAN25 Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ft Is Ke Ma Ny Kv Sh Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 44 69 67 55 62 56 46 63 64 59 % cal. time: 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 % slew time: 34 8 14 28 20 16 43 11 13 21 % idle time: 18 17 13 13 13 23 4 21 18 16 total # scans: 223 435 369 305 338 318 441 339 345 345 # scans/hour : 9 18 15 13 14 13 18 14 14 14 Avg scan (sec): 171 136 158 156 159 153 91 161 160 148 # 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): 1.22 1.90 1.86 1.52 1.72 1.55 1.28 1.75 1.77 1.62 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Is Ke Ma Ny Kv Sh Wz Yg Total ------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 21 0 159 132 8 20 186 4 530 Is| 147 90 166 247 363 100 112 1246 Ke| 26 38 127 150 25 319 832 Ma| 172 62 91 226 19 845 Ny| 109 157 217 18 1009 Kv| 243 61 106 963 Sh| 108 126 1258 Wz| 13 936 Yg| 717 Number of 2-station scans: 440 Number of 3-station scans: 235 Number of 4-station scans: 147 Number of 5-station scans: 110 Number of 6-station scans: 47 Number of 7-station scans: 12 Number of 8-station scans: 3 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 994 Total number of obs: 4168 Total integrated obs-time: 512039 Average obs-time: 122.9 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: | 621| 356| 481| 391| 331| 308| 315| 214| 145| 122| 103| 90| 123| 95| 74| 92| 56| 251 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Is Ke Ma Ny Kv Sh Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 18 - 27 28 15 26 34 19 29 Is| 49 46 62 51 79 62 40 59 Ke| 35 42 39 71 44 34 45 Ma| 102 35 68 129 39 77 Ny| 46 77 132 48 79 Kv| 62 43 31 47 Sh| 86 59 71 Wz| 51 90 Yg| 40 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Is Ke Ma Ny Kv Sh Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 16 - 16 17 13 15 19 17 17 Is| 27 26 33 35 40 36 26 34 Ke| 18 22 21 29 23 26 25 Ma| 37 18 27 49 21 32 Ny| 23 32 50 23 33 Kv| 30 23 20 27 Sh| 35 28 33 Wz| 25 38 Yg| 25 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode for: FORTLEZA 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: ISHIOKA KATH12M MATERA NYALES20 SEJONG SESHAN25 WETTZELL 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 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 1144+352 1.00 1.50 0.07 3 3 1839+389 1.00 1.50 0.29 12 3 2259+058 1.00 1.50 0.02 1 1 0259+121 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0636+680 1.00 1.50 0.48 20 10 0729+259 1.00 1.50 0.05 2 2 2155-304 1.00 1.50 0.05 2 2 0632-235 1.00 1.50 0.19 8 6 3C273B 1.00 1.50 0.77 32 20 0637-752 1.00 1.50 0.74 31 31 Total 2.66 111 78 =========================================================== 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 FtIsKeMaNyKvShWzYg 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 6.00 =========================================================== 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 Is Ke Ma Ny Kv Sh Wz Ft Is Ke Ma Ny Kv Sh Wz Is 15 Is 13 Ke 15 20 Ke 13 15 Ma 15 20 20 Ma 13 15 15 Ny 15 20 20 20 Ny 13 15 15 15 Kv 15 20 20 20 20 Kv 13 15 15 15 15 Sh 15 20 20 20 20 20 Sh 13 15 15 15 15 15 Wz 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 Yg 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Yg 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 15