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SLR Global Performance Report Card

November 1, 2015 through October 31, 2016

The performance report card is divided into three tables for readability. Table 1 contains performance parameters based on data volume, on-site processing statistics and operational compliance issues. Table 1 L contains information about Lunar Laser Ranging during the past year. Table 2 contains performance parameters based on various Analysis Centers' rapid orbital analysis results.

Below are the detailed descriptions of each column in Table 1 plots of the columns are linked in this description and in Table 1:

  • Column 1 is the station location name.
  • Column 2 is the monument marker number.
  • Column 3 is the LEO pass total during the past 12 months.
  • Column 4 is the LAGEOS pass total during the past 12 months.
  • Column 5 is the high satellite pass total during the past 12 months.
  • Column 6 is the pass total (i.e., all satellites) during the past 12 months.
  • Column 7 is the LEO NP total during the past 12 months.
  • Column 8 is the LAGEOS NP total during the past 12 months.
  • Column 9 is the high satellite NP total during the past 12 months.
  • Column 10 is the NP total (i.e., all satellites) during the past 12 months.
  • Column 11 is the total tracking minutes (i.e., all satellites) during the past 12 months. This is computed by the summation of the number of normal points multiplied by its bin size in minutes.
  • Column 12 is the average single-shot calibration RMS, in millimeters, during the last quarter.
  • Column 13 is the average single-shot Starlette RMS, in millimeters, during the last quarter.
  • Column 14 is the average single-shot LAGEOS RMS, in millimeters, during the last quarter.

The first entry in each table is for the performance baseline goal. Note: There are no baseline goals for NP data quantities, single shot RMS's.

Additional Notes: Blanks in any columns implies either that there was no data or that there was insufficient data. Only stations that have supplied data within the last year are included in the table. The table is sorted in descending order by total passes.

Table 1

Site Information Data Volume Data Quality
Column 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Location Station
Number
LEO pass
Tot
LAGEOS
pass Tot
High pass
Tot
Total
passes
LEO NP
Total
LAGEOS
NP Total
High NP
Total
Total
NP
Minutes of
Data
Cal.
RMS
Star
RMS
LAG
RMS
Baseline 1000 400 100 3500
Yarragadee 7090 15651 2715 6719 25085 267959 22857 23066 313882 174888 5.6 7.7 8.4
Changchun 7237 11254 1387 8090 20731 90824 7835 20495 119154 60787 4.4 7.3 10.0
Mount_Stromlo_2 7825 6357 1145 2388 9890 87279 8074 8433 103786 67177 3.5 5.2 7.9
Greenbelt 7105 6721 1179 1465 9365 116795 9976 5153 131924 75881 2.0 5.9 7.6
Herstmonceux 7840 4301 707 3216 8224 55475 7186 9593 72254 44241 3.5 9.3 12.6
Graz 7839 4110 610 3263 7983 75090 4037 15908 95035 48429 2.1 3.3 5.0
Monument_Peak 7110 5328 639 931 6898 88866 4786 2324 95976 51137 4.8 7.6 10.0
Wettzell 8834 3013 391 2378 5782 23432 2204 9182 34818 20389 7.2 11.2 14.6
Zimmerwald_532 7810 3762 611 803 5176 59079 6614 3291 68984 49096 6.1 9.1 12.3
Matera_MLRO 7941 1811 808 1625 4244 19439 6948 6619 33006 33119 1.1 2.9 4.6
Potsdam_3 7841 3354 382 358 4094 53053 3630 1970 58653 33487 7.0 10.5 12.2
Wettzell 7827 1620 363 1759 3742 19194 2630 5756 27580 16538 7.2 9.2 9.2
Shanghai_2 7821 1642 260 1611 3513 13533 2013 6686 22232 12247 8.5 8.3 7.0
Arequipa 7403 2868 124   2992 29354 675   30029 18063 7.0 11.4 10.1
Haleakala 7119 2340 581   2921 36016 5191   41207 32449 5.2 8.5 11.1
Altay 1879 258 241 2000 2499 2432 1370 7090 10892 6258   37.2 32.4
Komsomolsk 1868 134 218 1955 2307 1292 1254 6312 8858 4958   34.2 33.8
Brasilia 7407 444 419 1309 2172 1196 1542 5416 8154 5462 30.6 22.2 27.7
Badary 1890 1921 92 127 2140 18931 644 447 20022 11520 -0.1 34.0 33.0
Irkutsk 1891 841 315 711 1867 7729 3079 2011 12819 14727 -0.1 28.6 33.1
Baikonur 1887 129 378 1326 1833 891 1857 4693 7441 6423   39.0 34.5
Katzively 1893 1483 249 94 1826 15395 1886 573 17854 13538 25.2 8.9 10.8
Svetloe 1888 1257 256 144 1657 11901 2104 478 14483 12474 -0.1 34.4 35.3
Simeiz 1873 1295 214 107 1616 14547 1450 509 16506 11744   9.9 12.3
Papeete 7124 909 190 515 1614 13862 1649 2049 17560 12047 8.0 8.2 8.8
Arkhyz 1886 443 225 926 1594 3089 938 3019 7046 4837   35.7 36.9
Hartebeesthoek 7501 1094 247 81 1422 17268 2522 389 20179 16337 4.8 8.3 9.8
Beijing 7249 752 156 453 1361 6819 1203 1968 9990 7116 6.9 13.2 19.0
Zelenchukskya 1889 641 197 412 1250 6022 1419 1349 8790 7572 -0.1 31.1 38.8
Simosato 7838 942 252 25 1219 18392 4118 201 22711 24436      
Grasse_MEO 7845 664 322 71 1057 21525 3455 426 25406 17490 9.4   16.5
Sejong 7394 612 120 67 799 12050 1907 615 14572 14751 4.5 9.5 12.8
Kiev 1824 562 43   605 3513 159   3672 2720 12.9 21.3 20.2
Borowiec 7811 436 124 10 570 7091 1213 38 8342 7110 14.1 20.4 16.1
San_Fernando 7824 512 12 11 535 4518 37 33 4588 2154      
Mendeleevo 1874 166 102 235 503 2553 1499 823 4875 5843 -0.1 27.2 36.0
McDonald 7080 293 29 12 334 1963 111 39 2113 1443 9.8 12.7 16.3
Riga 1884 77 19 2 98 1298 161 12 1471 1069      

 

 


Below are the detailed descriptions of each column in Table 1 L:

  • the first column, L1, is the station location name.
  • the second column, L2, is the monument marker number.
  • the third column, L3, is the number of nights during the past 12 months in which there were Lunar ranging measurements
  • the fourth column, L4, is the number of Lunar Laser Ranging normal points during the past 12 months
  • the fifth column, L5, is the number of Lunar Laser Ranging normal points during the past 3 months
  • the sixth column, L6, is the average Lunar Laser Ranging normal points rms 3 months in mm

 

Table 1 L

Site Information
Data Information
Column L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6
Location Station
Number
num nights tracking
last 12 mon
num npt
last 12 mon
num npts
last 3 mon
ave npt rms
last 3 mon
Grasse_MEO 7845 3 9    

 


 

Below are the detailed descriptions of each column in Table 2:

  • the first column is the station location name.
  • the second column is the monument marker number.
  • following columns are in grouped by analysis center with four columns for each
    • the first AC column is the average LAGEOS normal point RMS, in millimeters, during the last 3 months
    • the second AC column is the measure of short term bias stability, in millimeters, during the last 3 months. The short term stability is computed as the standard deviation about the mean of the pass-by-pass range biases (minimum number of passes in the last 3 months is 10)
    • the third AC column is the measure of long term bias stability, in millimeters, during the past year. The long term stability is the standard deviation of the monthly range bias estimates. A station must have tracked LAGEOS (1,2) in at least 8 of the last 12 months in order to compute this metric.
    • the fourth AC column is the percentage of LAGEOS normal points that were accepted in the analysis.

The first entry in each table is for the performance baseline goal.

Additional Notes: Blanks in any columns implies either that there was no data or that there was insufficient data. Only stations that have supplied data within the last year are included in the table. The table is sorted in descending order by total data volume.

 

Table 2

Site Information DGFI Orbital Analysis Hitotsubashi Univ.
Orbital Analysis
JCET
Orbital Analysis
MCC Orbital Analysis SHAO Orbital Analysis
Station
Location
Station
Number
LAG
NP
RMS
(mm)
short
term
(mm)
long
term
(mm)
%
good
LAG.
NP
LAG
NP
RMS
(mm)
short
term
(mm)
long
term
(mm)
%
good
LAG.
NP
LAG
NP
RMS
(mm)
short
term
(mm)
long
term
(mm)
%
good
LAG.
NP
LAG
NP
RMS
(mm)
short
term
(mm)
long
term
(mm)
%
good
LAG.
NP
LAG
NP
RMS
(mm)
short
term
(mm)
long
term
(mm)
%
good
LAG.
NP
Baseline 10.0 20.0 10.0 95 10.0 20.0 10.0 95 10.0 20.0 10.0 95 10.0 20.0 10.0 95 10.0 20.0 10.0 95
Yarragadee 7090 3.6 13.1 1.9 100.0 2.2 7.3 1.8 100.0 2.5 16.0 1.9 99.3 2.7 18.2 2.2 97.3 1.8 8.9   93.1
Changchun 7237 6.0 23.2 6.7 99.8 4.2 24.0 4.9 100.0 2.2 29.7 5.2 97.1 2.6 22.0 4.7 97.0        
Mount_Stromlo_2 7825 3.4 16.5 5.4 100.0 2.3 8.7 2.7 100.0 2.2 14.8 4.9 100.0 2.7 13.2 2.2 98.3 1.9 11.6   98.2
Greenbelt 7105 2.5 12.3 5.7 99.9 1.4 7.7 6.8 100.0 1.6 12.6 8.1 99.9 1.9 15.3 8.5 98.8 1.1 8.8   90.5
Herstmonceux 7840 1.7 7.5 3.8 100.0 1.1 6.3 1.4 100.0 0.8 11.5 3.7 99.5 1.6 9.4 2.0 99.8 1.0 11.5   98.2
Graz 7839 1.5 8.7 2.2 100.0 1.2 6.2 1.9 100.0 0.5 10.9 4.1 100.0 2.0 13.3 2.6 97.8 0.2 12.0   92.3
Monument_Peak 7110 5.3 18.8 6.4 100.0 2.5 13.7 3.8 100.0 2.8 17.5 6.5 99.3 2.8 15.3 9.0 97.4 2.4 10.5   93.0
Wettzell 8834 3.0 8.3 4.0 100.0 2.4 8.7 4.2 100.0 1.9 9.1 4.6 99.9 2.8 11.3 6.1 97.0        
Zimmerwald_532 7810 2.2 9.6 4.9 99.9 1.4 7.9 3.2 100.0 1.2 12.9 4.1 100.0 2.5 11.8   97.7        
Matera_MLRO 7941 2.3 11.3 9.2 99.8 1.7 9.2 2.6 100.0 1.3 15.5 7.0 99.5 1.7 16.7 4.6 99.5        
Potsdam_3 7841 2.8 9.3 4.2 100.0 1.8 7.3 2.6 100.0 1.6 10.6 3.7 99.6 2.5 12.1 3.4 97.7        
Wettzell 7827 1.9 11.9 5.2 100.0 1.3 7.4 3.3 100.0 0.6 11.5 6.0 100.0 1.6 15.1 4.4 95.6        
Shanghai_2 7821 1.8 10.0 8.7 100.0 1.3 13.8 8.9 100.0 0.7 22.6 7.4 96.0 2.1 18.7 9.4 99.5        
Arequipa 7403 7.8 37.4 13.7 98.6 3.2 34.1 14.8 100.0 3.6 34.5 16.1 99.0 4.8 43.1 22.5 97.7        
Haleakala 7119 5.0 22.7 5.8 99.2 2.8 8.6 2.8 100.0 2.8 15.9 3.2 97.0 3.3 24.9 7.8 99.1        
Altay 1879 5.6 34.2 9.1 100.0 3.6 34.5 13.8 100.0 2.7 35.6 14.4 100.0 3.9 21.3 11.9 99.2        
Komsomolsk 1868 14.3 48.8 26.7 100.0 3.3 48.8 12.5 100.0 3.1 34.5 32.5 98.4 2.7 14.3 16.4 97.2        
Brasilia 7407 6.0 24.1 6.9 100.0 4.7 19.8 4.8 100.0 2.4 33.1 13.1 96.5 7.2 19.3 19.5 94.5        
Badary 1890 6.0 14.5 10.3 100.0 5.0 18.9 9.9 100.0 3.7 19.0 10.6 99.0 4.0 17.2 23.1 92.0        
Irkutsk 1891 6.8 11.7 5.4 99.8 5.7 15.1 8.2 100.0 3.8 17.0 5.7 95.6 6.0 19.9 7.1 95.3        
Baikonur 1887 7.3 21.9   100.0 5.0 13.6   100.0 3.1 24.7   98.2 5.0 20.4   97.6        
Katzively 1893 14.1 20.1 5.3 97.6 10.8 16.4 3.8 100.0 5.8 22.9 13.6 82.1 11.5 23.8 4.4 91.8        
Svetloe 1888 11.4 22.7 8.2 99.6 10.2 24.3 9.6 100.0 5.9 26.9 11.0 85.1 9.2 14.0 10.1 90.9        
Simeiz 1873 24.2 38.8 29.9 91.5 23.3 38.4 25.7 100.0 4.7 31.3 20.2 51.7 21.2 39.8 39.2 90.8        
Papeete 7124 4.6 13.8 8.1 100.0 2.1 12.4 4.4 100.0 2.7 15.5 8.6 99.5 3.7 20.4 14.1 100.0        
Arkhyz 1886 11.7 37.4 26.7 100.0 7.8 36.3 11.3 100.0 5.1 37.2 17.7 95.7 6.5 20.5 10.7 94.6        
Hartebeesthoek 7501 3.1 13.5 4.9 100.0 1.5 8.8 3.3 100.0 1.6 11.6 5.5 99.5 1.6 14.2 4.9 98.7        
Beijing 7249 6.5 16.4 10.9 98.1 9.2 25.6 9.7 100.0 4.2 28.3 15.4 93.4 5.8 16.9   99.4        
Zelenchukskya 1889 8.4 21.4 12.1 100.0 6.4 24.5 13.6 100.0 4.1 23.8 15.2 93.6 6.4 15.8 14.5 95.3        
Simosato 7838         3.1 22.7 5.0 100.0                        
Grasse_MEO 7845 4.1 14.0 5.7 100.0 2.5 13.4 4.1 100.0 2.5 19.8 8.1 99.4 3.3 17.7 8.2 95.3        
Sejong 7394 1.9 9.4   100.0                                
Borowiec 7811 4.7 13.8 11.6 99.8 3.7 11.8 9.0 100.0 3.3 15.1 13.2 100.0 3.6 15.9   100.0        
San_Fernando 7824 8.2 16.6 13.0 100.0 6.9 15.0   100.0                        
Mendeleevo 1874 5.3 6.0 6.9 100.0         3.3 9.3 8.0 98.2 4.4 2.9 14.7 98.4        
Riga 1884 12.5 21.1 35.2 100.0 4.4 26.8 39.8 100.0 5.5 26.4   79.8