SLR Global Performance Report Card

January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004

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 Ananlysis Cente's 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 8813 1349 1138 11300 161938 16452 9994 188384 131356 5.1 8.7 9.3
Riyadh 7832 4562 1206 761 6529 65049 10811 4411 80271 64544 8.5 10.6 14.1
Wettzell 8834 4591 952 450 5993 58021 7127 2497 67645 45600 3.8 10.3 16.9
Graz 7839 4341 743 392 5476 83591 9018 2947 95556 56697 2.0 3.6 7.5
Monument_Peak 7110 4298 751 255 5304 69080 6241 1880 77201 42328 6.1 12.8 13.2
Zimmerwald_423
Zimmerwald_846		 7810 3538
3862		 738
857		 421
418		 4697
5137		 50526
59593		 9270
11990		 2685
2622		 62481
74205		 47565
55611		 13.6
21.4		 14.7
21.2		 18.2
24.1
Herstmoncex 7840 3302 722 227 4251 51186 8777 1024 60987 37396 7.7 12.8 15.9
Changchun 7237 3237 632 194 4063 41804 6556 966 49326 30975 10.4 13.1 13.9
Simosato 7838 1896 655 17 2568 38897 11334 127 50358 35373 12.2 15.6 18.0
San_Fernando 7824 2142 281   2423 31095 1476   32571 12388 9.1 11.2 19.9
Greenbelt 7105 2071 270 73 2414 41723 2775 581 45079 20803 10.1 13.8 11.5
Matera_MLRO 7941 1518 580 220 2318 23530 5792 1496 30818 26815 2.9 4.5 6.1
Beijing 7249 1696 450 170 2316 25976 4716 1146 31838 23173 12.8 66.6 26.6
Hartebeesthoek 7501 1747 427 129 2303 25009 4404 1081 30494 22819 4.9 7.5 10.0
McDonald 7080 1350 399 190 1939 17596 3752 962 22310 17398 11.5 11.9 11.7
Shanghai 7837 1546 247 15 1808 22925 2357 111 25393 12407 9.5 16.1 24.0
Potsdam_3 7841 1272 265 14 1551 25036 3550 99 28685 14400 10.2 11.9 12.9
Mount_Stromlo_2 7825 905 357 140 1402 11672 4850 778 17300 17791 3.3 7.1 8.6
Riga 1884 1154 105   1259 21866 1149   23015 7812 8.1 15.2 14.3
Haleakala 7210 806 193 68 1067 12645 2186 437 15268 10372      
Borowiec 7811 732 203   935 12905 2192   15097 7987 16.7 18.9 21.1
Maidanak_1 1864 484 254 134 872 6165 1703 591 8459 8371   50.9 54.4
Kiev 1824 752 55   807 7915 315   8230 2873 40.7 70.5 72.8
Papeete 7124 713 62   775 9128 370   9498 3632 5.9 8.2 7.2
Grasse 7835 609 135   744 13423 1582   15005 6753 6.6 10.2 16.4
Simeiz 1873 532 151 33 716 4961 878 160 5999 4151     68.3
Urumqi 7355 428 118 4 550 6034 1326 17 7377 4481      
Katzively 1893 410 104 5 519 6890 749 21 7660 3679 58.2   59.0
Potsdam_1 7836 244 60   304 3929 587   4516 2194      
Metsahovi 7806 264 28 1 293 4275 218 6 4499 1586 10.3 13.7 14.5
Koganei 7308 131 109 39 279 2011 1343 243 3597 4725 8.1 9.5 13.9
Lviv 1831 224 53   277 3707 485   4192 2192 17.4 53.0 39.3
FTLRS_San_Fernando 7823 192 12   204 3994 83   4077 1394      
FTLRS_Brest_France 7604 200 3   203 3081 13   3094 993 5.8 10.3 18.1
Concepcion_847
Concepcion_423		 7405 147
264		 36
23		 6
1		 189
288		 1820
2232		 268
87		 18
1		 2106
2320		 1301
1009		 10.5
7.2		 7.8
12.8		 25.4
13.1
Wuhan_2 7231 151 37   188 1961 254   2215 1182 11.0 15.0 21.2
Helwan 7831 163     163 1632     1632 527 6.0 15.2  
Komsomolsk 1868 4 16   20 16 94   110 196      
Maidanak_2 1863 1 6   7 7 40   47 81      
Arequipa 7403 6     6 60     60 19      
Tanegashim 7358 1 2   3 17 16   33 40      

 

 

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_LLR 7845 112 430 191 33.3
McDonald 7080 41 83 30 61.4
Matera_MLRO 7941 2 7 5 49.4

 

 

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 millimeter, 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 CSR Orbital Analysis Delft Orbital Analysis NICT Orbital Analysis MCC Orbital Analysis SHAO Orbital Analysis
Station
Location		 Station
Number		 NP
RMS		 short
term
(mm)		 long
term
(mm)		 %
good
LAG.
NP		 NP
RMS		 short
term
(mm)		 long
term
(mm)		 %
good
LAG.
NP		 NP
RMS		 short
term
(mm)		 long
term
(mm)		 %
good
LAG.
NP		 NP
RMS		 short
term
(mm)		 long
term
(mm)		 %
good
LAG.
NP		 NP
RMS		 short
term
(mm)		 long
term
(mm)		 %
good
LAG.
NP
Baseline 10.0 20.0 20.0 95 10.0 20.0 20.0 95 10.0 20.0 20.0 95 10.0 20.0 20.0 95 10.0 20.0 20.0 95
Yarragadee 7090 2.2 8.8 0.9 99.3 2.0 12.7 1.6 100.0 1.9 17.0 3.2 100.0 1.9 14.3 2.2 95.3 1.8 15.3 2.0 95.5
Riyadh 7832 2.6 15.5 3.7 99.8 2.5 14.4 1.5 99.9 2.8 22.8 5.0 100.0 2.7 20.6 6.3 96.0 2.4 21.4 3.7 96.3
Wettzell 8834 3.1 26.0 5.0 99.6 2.8 14.6 2.9 99.9 2.6 15.2 3.3 100.0 2.8 13.2 3.4 95.4 2.8 19.4 3.6 97.2
Graz 7839 1.6 9.3 2.8 99.0 1.2 8.9 2.4 100.0 1.0 13.1 2.2 100.0 2.1 7.8 1.9 99.8 1.5 14.5 1.7 95.8
Monument_Peak 7110 3.1 12.3 3.3 100.0 2.8 19.5 1.7 99.1 3.1 24.0 3.5 100.0 2.4 18.1 2.5 92.5 2.3 17.3 2.5 95.0
Zimmerwald_423
Zimmerwald_846		 7810 3.0
 		 10.3
 		 2.8
 		 99.1
 		 2.9
4.2		 13.6
17.5		 2.3
7.0		 100.0
100.0		 2.6
3.9		 15.0
10.2		 2.5
5.6		 100.0
100.0		 2.9
3.5		 7.6
7.4		 4.4
 		 93.9
90.0		 3.2
3.5		 17.0
16.1		 4.2
 		 96.3
96.6
Herstmonceux 7840 2.1 11.7 1.4 99.9 2.2 11.4 1.8 100.0 1.9 13.4 2.5 100.0 2.3 12.3 1.3 96.6 1.6 15.5 1.5 95.7
Changchun 7237 6.5 16.0 5.0 98.5 6.7 20.9 8.3 100.0 6.7 20.4 7.7 100.0 4.8 16.1 4.1 83.3 5.6 21.0 3.4 94.4
Simosato 7838 4.4 14.9 6.9 98.9 4.9 15.6 3.4 100.0 4.1 21.7 5.2 100.0 5.4 19.0 10.7 84.0 4.6 18.3 4.6 95.2
San_Fernando 7824 3.7 18.9 12.3 99.1 2.7 30.2 12.5 100.0 3.0 29.9 12.5 100.0 3.2 17.3 4.7 95.0 4.8 23.1 14.4 98.2
Greenbelt 7105 2.0 13.4 6.4 99.4 2.0 17.2 5.8 100.0 1.4 25.1 7.6 100.0 1.8 9.3 2.6 95.8 1.6 16.3 5.7 95.8
Matera_MLRO 7941 1.9 10.8 4.1 98.8 1.8 18.1 1.7 99.9 1.6 19.0 5.7 99.3 1.9 12.7 3.7 95.2        
Beijing 7249 10.0 19.4 9.1 98.3 12.4 21.5 8.0 98.9 12.3 23.5 28.9 99.8 7.6 39.3 11.8 82.1 7.8 27.2 5.8 91.3
Hartebeesthoek 7501 2.2 13.7 3.7 99.0 1.9 18.0 3.7 100.0 2.0 23.8 7.8 100.0 1.9 18.5 4.9 93.6 1.9 22.2 7.4 97.7
McDonald 7080 2.3 12.4 3.3 98.5 2.8 14.5 3.3 99.8 2.2 19.8 4.8 99.6 2.3 10.8 2.9 95.0 2.1 12.5 2.7 95.4
Shanghai 7837 10.2 17.7 9.6 98.4 10.0 25.7 11.5 100.0 9.7 30.2 13.0 99.9 6.0 23.6 10.9 81.5 8.2 24.5 12.8 94.4
Potsdam_3 7841 4.1 20.4 9.0 99.0 3.7 7.2 1.8 99.5 3.4 20.1 6.9 100.0 3.0 10.8 3.0 92.1        
Mount_Stromlo_2 7825         3.1 11.3   97.6 2.9 17.5   99.9                
Riga 1884 7.9 19.1 12.7 98.8 7.9 13.0 11.2 100.0 7.2 13.3 10.8 100.0 5.5 22.6 15.4 83.6 6.6 14.7 10.6 95.2
Borowiec 7811 6.2 16.8 16.1 100.0 6.9 13.1 6.3 100.0 6.2 17.9 6.6 100.0 5.4 12.5 5.4 85.7 5.3 15.6 4.2 95.2
Maidanak_1 1864 13.0 28.9 18.2 98.4 13.9 38.1 14.4 100.0 15.8 38.8 11.6 99.6 8.8 26.8 16.3 85.7 10.3 38.2 12.5 87.9
Kiev 1824         26.1 48.7   100.0                        
Grasse 7835 1.8 13.0 5.9 98.8 2.0 18.1 4.0 100.0 1.6 15.3 5.6 100.0 2.8 18.6 10.0 93.9 1.4 12.0 4.9 95.3
Katzively 1893 21.3 31.1 21.1 93.4 24.5 31.5 9.9 100.0 21.2 31.1 12.8 100.0 14.0 29.6 6.4 78.3 16.6 27.6   90.2
Metsahovi 7806 5.1 12.1   100.0 4.8 21.3   100.0 4.7 20.1   100.0 3.9 26.1   87.2 4.4 18.1   96.3
Concepcion_423
Concepcion_847		 7405 3.3
 		 33.3
 		 20.0
 		 100.0
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Koganei 7308 5.5 12.7   98.8 6.3 22.3   100.0 5.4 23.8   99.4 4.4 22.4   84.8 3.7 25.7   93.4
Lviv 1831         14.1 32.0   100.0