Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1849 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: R1849 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2018-183-17:00:00 End: 2018-184-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2018183 (2018.50) ( 18302 MJD, MON. 2JUL.) Greenwich sidereal time: 11:42:44 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 6h 46.8m 22d 60.0 =========================================================== Important Station Information This is the first R1 session with AGGO. AGGO is scheduled in as a regular station. It was not tagged along because it did not pick up one observation when tagged. =========================================================== 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 Ag Ft Ht Ke Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg 1741-038 18183-170000| 56 69 149 149 93 83| 1424-418 18183-170209| 43 43 43| OJ287 18183-170241| 224 96 224 217 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ag Ft Ht Ke Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg NRAO512 18184-165434| 118 295 295 | 0131-522 18184-165455| 295 295| 1502+036 18184-165713| 162 162 | 1424-418 18184-165807| 108 108 108 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1849.skd for experiment R1849 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 4.2 Min = 0.0 Max = 62.6 (Baseline Ag-Ke on 1334-127) RMS = 10.1 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ag=AGGO Ft=FORTLEZA Ht=HART15M Ke=KATH12M Ny=NYALES20 Kv=SEJONG Wn=WETTZ13N Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ag Ft Ht Ke Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 57 44 60 69 61 53 68 61 64 60 % cal. time: 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 % slew time: 5 38 26 16 22 19 3 13 16 18 % idle time: 34 14 8 9 11 23 23 20 15 18 total # scans: 260 220 379 416 424 354 381 383 388 356 # scans/hour : 11 9 16 17 18 15 16 16 16 15 Avg scan (sec): 190 173 138 143 124 130 155 137 143 147 # 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): 1.58 1.22 1.67 1.91 1.68 1.47 1.89 1.68 1.77 1.65 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ag Ft Ht Ke Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg Total ------------------------------------------------------- Ag| 89 197 3 16 0 65 57 0 427 Ft| 93 0 64 3 113 100 3 465 Ht| 43 49 34 116 94 60 686 Ke| 55 169 37 45 342 694 Ny| 180 190 215 34 803 Kv| 101 103 127 717 Wn| 164 31 817 Wz| 35 813 Yg| 632 Number of 2-station scans: 767 Number of 3-station scans: 303 Number of 4-station scans: 106 Number of 5-station scans: 52 Number of 6-station scans: 13 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 1241 Total number of obs: 3027 Total integrated obs-time: 395077 Average obs-time: 130.5 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: | 498| 259| 157| 173| 199| 312| 184| 224| 139| 136| 138| 94| 95| 68| 69| 41| 62| 179| Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ag Ft Ht Ke Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ag| 22 23 20 28 - 24 27 - 24 Ft| 34 - 37 20 36 42 24 34 Ht| 36 67 32 74 98 38 49 Ke| 52 39 46 54 39 41 Ny| 54 109 150 52 91 Kv| 43 51 32 44 Wn| 308 51 114 Wz| 63 132 Yg| 40 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ag Ft Ht Ke Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ag| 14 18 13 20 - 20 18 - 17 Ft| 25 - 22 17 27 26 15 23 Ht| 23 39 23 55 53 26 33 Ke| 24 20 26 22 21 22 Ny| 25 57 54 26 41 Kv| 28 26 19 23 Wn| 162 30 65 Wz| 26 63 Yg| 22 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode for: AGGO HART15M KATH12M NYALES20 SEJONG WETTZ13N 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 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 1144+352 1.00 1.50 0.03 1 1 1951+355 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2150+173 1.00 1.50 0.36 11 9 2353+816 1.00 1.50 0.40 12 12 3C84 1.00 1.50 0.89 27 27 1824-582 1.00 1.50 0.13 4 4 0342+147 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1423+146 1.00 1.50 0.23 7 5 0111+021 1.00 1.50 0.13 4 4 0743-006 1.00 1.50 1.12 34 19 Total 3.30 100 81 =========================================================== 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 AgFtHtKeNyKvWnWzYg 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 AGGO 2.00 2 FORTLEZA 2.00 =========================================================== 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) Ag Ft Ht Ke Ny Kv Wn Wz Ag Ft Ht Ke Ny Kv Wn Wz Ft 15 Ft 13 Ht 15 20 Ht 13 15 Ke 15 20 20 Ke 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 Wn 15 20 20 20 20 20 Wn 13 15 15 15 15 15 Wz 15 20 20 20 20 20 99 Wz 13 15 15 15 15 15 99 Yg 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Yg 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 15