SLR Global Performance Report Card

April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017

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 16280 2914 7754 26948 281335 23409 25982 330726 184738 5.8 7.7 8.7
Changchun 7237 9604 1126 6524 17254 78264 6945 17470 102679 54018 4.9 7.2 10.0
Mount_Stromlo_2 7825 6558 1157 2406 10121 93531 8832 7976 110339 71347 3.3 5.1 8.1
Herstmonceux 7840 4719 826 3535 9080 63451 8747 10607 82805 52430 3.4 9.2 13.3
Graz 7839 4034 634 3056 7724 75874 4132 14964 94970 47514 2.1 3.8 5.1
Wettzell 8834 4029 536 2891 7456 33472 3161 11080 47713 28141 6.9 11.4 14.4
Greenbelt 7105 5311 915 933 7159 91380 7877 3377 102634 60698 2.1 5.8 8.2
Zimmerwald_532 7810 4468 701 1106 6275 72669 9091 3849 85609 61262 12.1 11.4 14.2
Monument_Peak 7110 4841 617 771 6229 80663 4368 1903 86934 45599 5.0 7.2 10.3
Matera_MLRO 7941 2559 1040 2086 5685 28445 8854 8258 45557 43351  .9 2.3 3.5
Potsdam_3 7841 4108 502 520 5130 68139 4758 2879 75776 42942 6.9 10.4 13.1
Wettzell 7827 2155 490 2477 5122 21366 3001 7679 32046 18511 7.6 9.9 10.1
Shanghai_2 7821 2159 365 2185 4709 17817 3190 8986 29993 18125 8.2 8.9 8.3
Altay 1879 278 254 2391 2923 3046 1463 8815 13324 6714   29.9 28.3
Haleakala 7119 2276 584   2860 35371 4977   40348 31263 4.9 8.2 10.4
Arequipa 7403 2501 125   2626 25894 681   26575 15973 6.2 8.3  
Komsomolsk 1868 206 205 2210 2621 2324 1180 7518 11022 5244   32.9 36.6
Hartebeesthoek 7501 1921 447 216 2584 29640 4180 1042 34862 27412 5.4 8.9 11.2
Badary 1890 2163 156 122 2441 22149 943 411 23503 11887 -0.1 34.4 31.6
Baikonur 1887 146 465 1799 2410 967 2181 6388 9536 7415   41.2 35.5
Brasilia 7407 489 380 1171 2040 1343 1423 4875 7641 5198 30.7 21.7 27.0
Katzively 1893 1680 244 71 1995 16642 1707 396 18745 13564 27.4 9.6 11.5
Arkhyz 1886 560 262 1071 1893 3996 1076 3628 8700 5671   31.0 34.5
Papeete 7124 1070 206 555 1831 17104 1717 2370 21191 13400 6.7 8.5 8.5
Simosato 7838 1199 360 24 1583 21268 6199 146 27613 32051 4.4 7.0 10.9
Simeiz 1873 1306 183 42 1531 14123 1274 212 15609 11231 31.8 11.4 16.7
Irkutsk 1891 757 242 487 1486 6742 2398 1320 10460 11859      
Beijing 7249 834 135 458 1427 7721 1001 2072 10794 6820 11.7 15.1 21.1
Svetloe 1888 981 185 87 1253 8834 1483 291 10608 8607 -0.1   36.9
Grasse_MEO 7845 787 345 54 1186 24960 3655 362 28977 19394 8.5   15.3
Zelenchukskya 1889 729 208 245 1182 6909 1520 909 9338 8142 -0.1 31.2 41.2
Sejong 7394 880 105 22 1007 11606 947 128 12681 11101 4.5 10.1 14.5
Riga 1884 724 119 63 906 12286 1115 338 13739 8637 8.0 15.0 19.7
Borowiec 7811 713 144 19 876 11950 1428 83 13461 10234 12.1 23.9 17.0
Mendeleevo 1874 198 115 266 579 3595 1690 944 6229 6718 -0.1 29.5 36.4
Kiev 1824 515 21   536 3389 74   3463 2366 11.8 22.5 42.6
McDonald 7080 303 32 5 340 2009 103 16 2128 1466 10.7 14.9 13.2
San_Fernando 7824 7     7 50     50 12      
San_Fernando 7824 7     7 50     50 12      

 

 

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 218 715 201 31.3

 

 

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 3.4 12.3 2.4 100.0 2.0 6.7 1.3 100.0 2.2 14.8 2.2 99.5 2.2 14.5 2.7 98.4 1.9 9.3   92.3
Changchun 7237 5.3 22.8 4.9 100.0 3.2 23.7 3.8 100.0 2.1 26.4 5.0 96.9 2.8 20.7 4.4 97.7 2.8 30.8   89.3
Mount_Stromlo_2 7825 3.2 14.4 4.4 100.0 2.4 8.8 1.9 100.0 1.9 17.6 3.3 99.7 2.7 12.5 2.7 98.1 1.6 11.4   95.3
Herstmonceux 7840 1.8 6.7 1.9 100.0 1.1 7.2 1.4 100.0 0.9 11.0 2.5 100.0 1.7 8.1 1.7 98.9 0.8 7.9   97.3
Graz 7839 2.0 7.4 3.1 100.0 1.2 6.6 2.0 100.0 0.9 12.4 4.1 100.0 1.7 10.8 2.3 97.9 0.7 10.9   96.2
Wettzell 8834 3.5 9.3 5.4 100.0 2.3 9.1 3.9 100.0 2.0 12.7 4.3 99.9 2.9 8.5 5.9 98.9 2.6 13.3   93.5
Greenbelt 7105 2.5 12.8 5.0 100.0 1.4 9.7 2.7 100.0 1.5 13.4 4.0 99.9 1.9 10.7 4.0 99.1 1.8 14.7   92.2
Zimmerwald_532 7810 3.1 9.1 3.5 99.9 2.0 6.7 2.0 100.0 2.2 12.9 4.4 100.0 2.8 10.4 3.0 97.3 2.1 8.5   94.0
Monument_Peak 7110 4.4 18.4 4.3 99.6 2.8 14.4 3.5 100.0 2.2 21.3 2.2 97.9 2.1 9.3 7.4 97.4 2.3 13.4   91.3
Matera_MLRO 7941 2.2 10.6 2.1 100.0 1.1 8.3 2.1 100.0 1.0 14.4 4.9 100.0 1.6 12.0 3.9 99.9 1.1 15.0   96.2
Potsdam_3 7841 3.1 8.7 3.2 100.0 2.0 8.6 3.0 100.0 1.7 10.8 3.7 98.5 1.9 7.4 3.0 95.7 1.2 14.8   96.1
Wettzell 7827 2.4 6.9 2.7 100.0 2.1 8.3 3.7 100.0 0.8 11.6 3.3 100.0 2.5 7.6 4.2 95.5        
Shanghai_2 7821 2.8 12.5 5.3 100.0 1.5 10.1 6.2 100.0 1.4 19.7 7.5 96.7 2.1 15.0 7.9 100.0 1.9 17.9   95.9
Altay 1879 4.5 24.7 13.4 100.0 2.8 27.6 15.2 100.0 1.8 29.9 17.3 97.7 2.7 22.1 13.0 97.1 2.8 26.7   96.4
Haleakala 7119 5.0 15.2 7.8 99.4 2.7 10.0 2.7 100.0 2.7 16.5 3.1 97.8 4.1 19.7 7.7 99.4 2.4 18.9   92.3
Komsomolsk 1868                         2.4 28.8 11.7 99.2        
Hartebeesthoek 7501 3.2 13.8 6.2 99.9 1.9 10.1 3.2 100.0 1.9 14.0 3.7 99.1 2.0 15.7 4.8 98.4 2.3 13.1   90.8
Badary 1890 6.9 14.5 7.4 99.6 6.0 16.3 8.6 100.0 4.0 21.3 5.9 88.7 7.7 13.5 13.6 94.3 4.7 21.0   91.4
Baikonur 1887         4.5 13.0 4.7 100.0 2.9 27.3 9.3 93.2 9.1 11.2 7.9 98.0 3.9 27.1   100.0
Brasilia 7407 5.6 23.3 5.4 100.0 4.9 17.1 4.1 100.0 2.5 37.6 13.0 95.9 5.8 11.5 13.6 97.6        
Katzively 1893 13.9 18.8 13.1 100.0 10.8 14.6 9.1 100.0                        
Arkhyz 1886 10.0 36.1 27.3 100.0 6.6 36.9 16.8 100.0         5.4 34.2 13.0 94.5        
Papeete 7124 4.4 12.3 9.2 100.0 2.5 11.0 5.0 100.0 2.6 15.9 7.7 97.9 3.3 19.3 10.8 99.7 2.5 17.5   94.6
Simosato 7838 4.8 18.4 6.1 99.9 2.9 14.6 6.8 100.0 2.9 15.4 16.0 98.3 4.1 15.2 3.4 99.9 3.3 11.2   94.6
Irkutsk 1891 7.0 11.3 4.9 100.0 5.8 10.4 3.6 100.0         4.8 7.2 5.0 93.5        
Beijing 7249 8.9 17.2 13.2 95.8 12.8 19.9 12.6 100.0 3.4 29.1 17.4 81.7 7.8 18.3 18.1 98.2 4.2 19.1   91.0
Grasse_MEO 7845 3.5 9.1 4.2 100.0 2.6 15.5 5.4 100.0 2.7 18.1 4.8 99.9 2.5 16.5 14.3 96.7 1.8 13.4   91.9
Zelenchukskya 1889 8.7 29.6 14.0 100.0 5.8 32.6 14.2 100.0 4.9 31.2 28.1 90.5 5.5 14.2 13.5 98.3 5.5 24.8   97.0
Borowiec 7811 9.3 19.2 6.7 99.4 8.4 20.0 8.0 100.0 2.8 22.6 12.5 77.0 4.4 19.9 5.6 92.5        
Mendeleevo 1874 10.2 15.9 8.0 100.0 8.9 18.5   100.0 3.8 17.7 10.5 88.5 5.6 11.0 17.8 94.2        
McDonald 7080         5.5 13.7 17.4 100.0 2.9 16.7   95.5