SLR Global Performance Report Card

April 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015

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 1500
Yarragadee 7090 12909 2493 6627 22029 228512 21102 22190 271804 164367 5.9 7.6 9.4
Changchun 7237 9785 1292 6478 17555 83318 7624 18403 109345 58831 10.1 13.2 16.8
Mount_Stromlo_2 7825 7332 1447 3814 12593 105873 13717 14505 134095 98328 3.4 5.3 8.6
Greenbelt 7105 5222 1003 1380 7605 103990 9786 4709 118485 71661 4.4 8.8 12.1
Zimmerwald_532 7810 3834 719 2572 7125 61122 10066 18191 89379 59831      
Herstmonceux 7840 3664 752 2652 7068 47975 7140 8319 63434 41942 3.4 8.8 12.2
Monument_Peak 7110 4726 862 1348 6936 86274 7635 3793 97702 60486 5.0 8.3 8.7
Graz 7839 3288 531 2602 6421 59795 3544 13254 76593 41104 2.1 3.7 5.0
Matera_MLRO 7941 2751 1124 2327 6202 31032 9035 8778 48845 47071 1.2 3.2 3.9
Wettzell 8834 3196 489 2375 6060 30585 3575 8964 43124 28254 7.3 10.2 13.8
Hartebeesthoek 7501 2706 880 744 4330 43714 8921 4608 57243 50104 7.5 12.0 15.3
Shanghai_2 7821 1871 385 1612 3868 14745 2363 6821 23929 15016 16.3 8.6 7.6
Badary 1890 2563 310 421 3294 28972 1760 1334 32066 18073   33.1 36.0
Arequipa 7403 2679 269   2948 29353 1775   31128 22849 5.5 9.1 7.0
Potsdam_3 7841 2445 273 222 2940 41240 2792 1721 45753 26862 7.3 10.5 12.0
San_Juan 7406 1836 488 442 2766 31859 5436 2902 40197 32870      
Svetloe 1888 1319 602 526 2447 13830 5086 1852 20768 24597   26.1 32.1
Beijing 7249 1245 278 897 2420 13710 2113 4048 19871 13767 4.9 10.3 14.2
Altay 1879 272 248 1852 2372 2611 1404 7940 11955 6118   28.6 29.5
Arkhyz 1886 560 296 1085 1941 3385 1280 3965 8630 6129   33.6 35.1
McDonald 7080 999 354 444 1797 9655 3059 1480 14194 15063 8.7 10.7 12.0
Grasse_MEO 7845 460 400 922 1782 18577 5044 3022 26643 21494 10.0   16.3
Komsomolsk 1868 84 147 1526 1757 957 839 6111 7907 3218   33.8 32.8
Haleakala 7119 1329 358   1687 17327 3889   21216 21177 5.8 7.8 11.3
Katzively 1893 1460 210 8 1678 13779 1233 43 15055 11229 27.4 8.7 15.3
Kiev 1824 1399 252 8 1659 9639 1136 24 10799 8691 13.4 22.6 21.9
Zelenchukskya 1889 549 260 838 1647 5620 2244 2397 10261 9802   23.5 27.4
Papeete 7124 711 164 470 1345 10562 1437 1884 13883 9980 7.2 8.0 9.2
Simosato 7838 916 254 55 1225 17041 4128 410 21579 23529 5.6 9.5 14.9
Baikonur 1887 59 419 648 1126 495 2728 2238 5461 8665     30.2
San_Fernando 7824 962 121 4 1087 11621 606 16 12243 7189 6.5 14.4 22.4
Simeiz 1873 774 194 89 1057 9919 1282 427 11628 8788   10.4 11.9
Daedoek 7359 445 80 108 633 6346 747 733 7826 7100      
Brasilia 7407 6 170 366 542 48 1155 1567 2770 3474 2.6   26.4
Kunming 7820 237 48   285 3235 245   3480 2753      
Greenbelt 7125 23 19 11 53 221 125 48 394 519      
Concepcion_847 7405 2     2 16     16 16      

 

 

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 118 516 90 34.8
Matera_MLRO 7941 1 4 4 36.6
McDonald 7080 1 2 2 47.7

 

 

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 quarter
    • the second AC column is the measure of short term bias stability, in millimeters, during the last quarter. 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 quarter 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 4.6 23.5 2.7 99.9 2.6 11.2 1.3 99.9 2.9 21.6 1.9 99.1 2.8 22.0 3.2 96.7 2.9 15.7 2.1 91.0
Changchun 7237 4.8 22.6 3.5 100.0 3.6 21.6 5.2 100.0 2.0 31.3 4.7 98.9 2.8 13.7 5.1 97.7 2.4 34.2 22.5 90.8
Mount_Stromlo_2 7825 4.2 18.5 1.9 99.8 2.7 14.2 2.1 99.7 2.5 22.1 3.7 97.9 2.9 15.4 6.0 96.6 1.6 12.3 4.0 96.4
Greenbelt 7105 3.6 15.4 3.4 100.0 2.1 8.1 1.7 99.9 2.3 17.3 3.4 99.5 2.4 17.1 6.3 97.5 1.8 13.0 5.6 91.2
Herstmonceux 7840 2.4 15.1 3.9 100.0 1.4 7.7 1.7 100.0 0.8 17.6 2.1 100.0 2.6 9.8 3.1 98.3 1.3 10.4 5.0 97.1
Monument_Peak 7110 4.0 20.6 3.6 99.9 1.8 9.7 2.2 99.9 2.4 19.0 3.9 99.5 2.2 15.9 2.9 98.4 1.8 15.1 4.2 91.4
Graz 7839 2.0 15.5 3.7 100.0 1.2 6.9 2.6 100.0 0.6 16.2 4.2 98.1 2.8 12.8 3.4 95.5 0.8 11.5 7.8 96.3
Matera_MLRO 7941 2.5 17.3 4.0 99.8 1.3 8.3 2.7 99.9 1.5 16.3 4.2 99.8 1.9 15.8 3.2 99.6 1.4 19.5 5.6 94.9
Wettzell 8834 3.2 9.7 5.0 100.0 2.8 9.0 2.7 100.0 1.9 11.2 3.3 100.0 2.9 8.8 3.6 97.1 2.6 12.8 7.6 93.6
Hartebeesthoek 7501 5.2 21.4 7.6 99.7 3.4 10.9 3.9 99.7 3.2 16.6 5.7 98.3 3.2 23.0 7.3 93.6 5.3 16.3 6.0 89.1
Shanghai_2 7821 2.2 19.4 15.0 99.1 1.2 15.1 10.3 100.0 0.8 18.5 16.7 99.4 1.6 21.6 12.0 100.0 0.6 20.7 13.1 95.9
Badary 1890 9.5 16.5 5.1 99.8 7.3 12.8 5.3 99.8 5.3 30.4 9.2 94.9 5.9 12.8 8.8 94.7 5.9 21.1 14.5 95.6
Potsdam_3 7841 3.5 16.5 3.1 99.7 2.5 11.4 2.3 99.6 2.2 17.0 3.9 99.6 2.6 9.4 3.4 98.0 1.8 14.1 4.4 93.9
Svetloe 1888 8.1 19.0 4.4 100.0 5.8 17.4 6.1 99.9 5.5 24.9 6.6 96.1 5.5 15.5 8.8 96.4 6.3 18.7 12.2 97.1
Beijing 7249 6.2 15.1 9.2 99.0 7.6 19.1 5.6 100.0 4.3 20.6 8.4 97.3 5.8 22.6 15.4 95.2 3.5 22.2 9.5 93.1
Altay 1879 5.4 24.4 17.0 100.0 3.7 23.9 15.6 100.0 3.5 27.5 13.9 100.0 3.4 17.6 14.0 100.0 4.0 23.7 15.2 97.6
Arkhyz 1886 10.6 28.8 17.0 100.0 7.8 25.6 13.1 100.0 5.1 41.1 16.2 98.2 8.8 24.5 11.9 91.8 5.8 18.3 11.6 98.8
McDonald 7080 5.0 22.2 4.5 100.0 3.4 13.0 2.9 99.9 3.2 14.6 5.3 98.0 3.4 21.1 8.1 95.7 3.5 13.6 12.5 94.3
Grasse_MEO 7845 4.6 15.7 5.9 100.0 2.9 19.2 8.3 100.0 3.0 21.5 5.7 100.0 2.9 15.4 9.7 97.2 2.6 15.9 7.2 95.3
Komsomolsk 1868 14.2 46.9 15.4 100.0 4.8 47.7 18.3 100.0 5.4 41.1 30.0 99.0 4.6 30.0 24.6 99.2        
Haleakala 7119 4.6 29.5 4.2 99.7 2.0 9.6 3.1 99.6 1.7 12.0 5.0 99.2 6.8 30.3 6.4 99.1        
Katzively 1893 19.3 22.8 6.8 97.0 13.0 21.6 7.0 94.9 6.3 28.7 8.4 74.9 10.3 28.3 14.8 83.3 13.5 20.7 7.0 92.0
Kiev 1824 18.0 41.1 37.0 90.0 12.9 41.6 36.1 91.2 4.2 34.3 30.6 70.0 22.5 42.5 29.8 85.1 15.2 28.1   94.3
Zelenchukskya 1889 6.3 22.6 11.9 100.0 4.3 21.0 9.8 100.0 4.2 24.2 6.9 99.2 5.1 21.2 7.2 99.5 4.3 21.1 10.7 96.6
Papeete 7124 5.0 18.9 3.9 100.0 2.9 9.3 4.8 100.0 2.9 18.3 7.4 98.6 3.4 29.7 16.1 100.0        
Simosato 7838 4.9 15.8 5.2 100.0 3.0 14.4 4.6 100.0 3.4 13.5 3.6 99.2 4.6 19.8 11.6 98.8 3.9 12.9 7.4 93.6
Baikonur 1887 11.0 21.4 12.8 100.0 9.8 15.6 11.5 100.0 6.4 32.9 9.6 91.3 8.9 21.6 10.3 90.9 7.1 23.3 22.4 93.8
San_Fernando 7824 7.3 21.6 41.6 99.3 6.5 15.4 34.0 100.0 3.9 20.5 29.2 96.9 5.3 18.7   96.5        
Simeiz 1873 26.8 48.2 23.1 99.0 24.1 47.5 12.7 97.2 4.2 44.9 14.4 58.1 20.1 38.2 13.2 87.6 21.3 34.0 17.3 90.0
Brasilia 7407 4.8 24.5 4.5 100.0 3.9 19.4 16.9 100.0         6.8 29.1 12.7 95.9        
Kunming 7820 9.8 33.6 38.8 98.3 10.8 53.0 31.1 100.0