SLR Global Performance Report Card

January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009

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 10434 2035 1488 13957 226599 25160 12447 264206 169362 4.7 8.8 9.2
Zimmerwald_532 7810 6025 1209 1352 8586 123960 17535 11791 153286 125630 5.2 8.1 11.1
Mount_Stromlo_2 7825 5760 1047 337 7144 64402 9948 2509 76859 53977 3.3 2.8 5.3
San_Juan 7406 4512 1087 1219 6818 70025 11270 7553 88848 80214 7.3 8.5 8.0
Greenbelt 7105 5175 812 467 6454 117176 8846 3271 129293 61947 5.2 9.4 11.7
Changchun 7237 5211 539 408 6158 58353 3858 1941 64152 33476 7.5 11.0 15.0
Wettzell 8834 4833 894 348 6075 66832 6900 1511 75243 42199 4.8 15.3 17.8
Concepcion_847 7405 3380 1183 673 5236 42371 14900 5103 62374 69417 7.2 16.1 20.2
Concepcion 7405 377 108 3 488 3617 797 17 4431 2956 4.7 9.1 11.0
Graz 7839 4119 618 464 5201 79698 6242 3456 89396 49015 1.9 3.8 5.1
Herstmonceux 7840 3759 821 434 5014 62318 9762 1803 73883 44126 4.3 9.6 13.4
San_Fernando 7824 2915 277 106 3298 41239 1638 493 43370 18146 4.7 12.0 18.2
Potsdam_3 7841 2603 449 88 3140 53462 4682 623 58767 26265 11.1 14.1 17.6
Matera_MLRO 7941 1876 578 253 2707 26996 6546 2058 35600 31918 1.2 3.5 5.0
Haleakala 7119 1832 457   2289 32464 5367   37831 20191 5.3 9.8 9.8
Katzively 1893 1798 172 290 2260 28276 1250 1883 31409 20357 33.2 45.4 41.7
Hartebeesthoek 7501 1660 424 92 2176 25597 4259 601 30457 19060 8.2 12.3 12.2
Monument_Peak 7110 1496 322 342 2160 27150 3779 2806 33735 28636 6.2 15.8 16.9
Koganei 7308 1311 288 273 1872 20376 2689 2319 25384 23284 9.4 13.2 15.9
McDonald 7080 1133 387 262 1782 12666 3952 1063 17681 17046 11.2 13.9 15.8
Riyadh 7832 1275 278 144 1697 15782 2301 859 18942 13911 10.0 12.7 13.8
Shanghai_2 7821 1306 133 87 1526 14277 968 500 15745 8901 9.3 12.9 13.3
Grasse_MEO 7845 648 474 326 1448 19255 6333 1888 27476 27251 6.8 23.4 15.4
Kiev 1824 1198 98   1296 11824 542   12366 4696 10.1 24.8 25.5
Simeiz 1873 894 167 93 1154 12012 1352 638 14002 9816   51.5 52.8
Simosato 7838 763 224 3 990 14030 2966 19 17015 10805      
Tanegashima 7358 584 128 206 918 7171 915 1150 9236 9854 6.1 3.8 6.2
Beijing 7249 766 114 25 905 9391 983 171 10545 5872      
Riga 1884 702 91 3 796 16337 1191 28 17556 6611 6.5 12.9 13.3
Borowiec 7811 673 47   720 8102 326   8428 3116 18.7 26.0 30.2
Arequipa 7403 605 12   617 4820 50   4870 1679      
Lviv 1831 458 28   486 7994 213   8207 2812 12.7 45.7 56.5
Papeete 7124 236 73 18 327 4156 1088 86 5330 3848 3.6 9.1 9.2
Kunming 7820 225 14   239 2640 78   2718 1093      
Altay 1879 45 69 95 209 474 402 341 1217 2666     27.5
Grasse 7829 101     101 1906     1906 601      
Komsomolsk 1868 14 38 25 77 79 190 69 338 764     34.2
Helwan 7831 6     6 28     28 8      
NRL 7865 1     1 25     25 2      

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
McDonald 7080 37 64 20 56.4

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 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 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 3.7 17.1 3.9 99.9 2.4 9.8 1.6 99.9 5.3 20.7 5.8 96.0 2.4 14.0 4.0 97.9 2.0 11.0 2.0 95.2
Zimmerwald_532 7810 3.2 12.7 3.4 100.0 1.7 9.0 3.5 100.0 3.5 17.6 2.7 99.8 2.2 8.1 2.8 98.9 1.4 8.9 2.1 96.6
Mount_Stromlo_2 7825 5.2 16.2 5.4 100.0 4.0 10.9 3.8 100.0 6.4 21.3 5.8 98.8 3.8 11.3 3.4 95.5 3.3 11.0 4.4 94.9
San_Juan 7406 5.8 25.2 9.1 99.9 3.6 23.7 9.2 99.8 7.2 23.0 3.2 95.0 4.4 13.2 5.0 98.0 4.1 18.6 7.9 96.9
Greenbelt 7105 4.3 18.0 4.6 99.8 3.1 11.6 3.4 99.8 6.2 19.1 5.4 96.8 2.6 19.1 2.6 97.2 2.2 13.0 5.6 95.6
Changchun 7237 5.5 26.4 8.2 99.5 3.8 22.1 9.5 99.8 5.8 23.6 8.8 94.3 3.4 17.7 13.0 98.6 2.2 25.9 6.4 95.9
Wettzell 8834 3.8 15.5 9.9 100.0 2.5 12.0 9.6 100.0 3.5 23.2 9.2 100.0 2.7 15.5 9.0 97.0 1.6 15.7 9.7 95.5
Concepcion_847 7405 4.5 20.3 4.6 100.0 2.0 18.1 6.2 100.0 6.0 21.4 4.9 89.0 3.3 31.8 6.8 99.6        
Concepcion 7405 2.7 12.8   100.0 1.9 13.2   100.0         2.1 17.2 5.2 100.0 2.7 27.3 4.4 98.3
Graz 7839 2.4 14.4 3.4 100.0 1.1 8.1 3.0 100.0 3.1 15.4 5.4 99.1 1.8 9.4 5.0 99.5 0.9 10.2 2.0 97.4
Herstmonceux 7840 3.1 13.8 3.7 100.0 1.7 8.2 2.5 100.0 4.7 16.4 4.7 99.9 2.2 7.8 3.8 99.0 1.4 8.9 1.8 95.2
San_Fernando 7824 5.7 27.2 9.1 100.0 4.3 14.3 6.5 100.0 4.6 19.6 4.0 98.0 3.6 16.3 10.9 96.4 3.7 17.9 9.7 94.5
Potsdam_3 7841 4.6 16.2 6.4 100.0 2.8 9.9 7.0 99.9 4.6 15.8 6.6 98.8 2.7 11.7 7.8 95.7        
Matera_MLRO 7941 3.3 16.2 4.0 100.0 2.1 8.2 3.2 100.0 4.0 17.7 7.9 99.5 2.5 15.2 4.8 97.6 2.8 29.5   98.5
Haleakala 7119 3.6 17.8 6.2 99.9 2.2 9.8 4.9 99.8 6.3 22.9 7.4 99.0 3.0 15.3 8.1 99.3 2.9 29.5 10.7 98.0
Katzively 1893 8.4 28.9 21.0 98.9         6.9 37.0 24.2 81.8 7.5 21.2 19.8 96.1 5.8 23.6 10.7 97.3
Hartebeesthoek 7501 4.3 21.8 7.6 99.9 2.4 13.8 5.5 99.8 5.6 20.2 8.2 99.7 2.1 16.1 4.2 98.5 1.7 19.3 14.1 96.2
Monument_Peak 7110 4.0 15.0 7.4 100.0 2.3 8.4 4.3 100.0 5.1 20.1 5.7 98.6 2.6 14.1 5.6 98.7 1.8 13.9 2.1 94.8
Koganei 7308 5.9 20.1 11.4 99.9 4.4 14.7 8.0 99.7 7.3 22.1 10.7 97.2 5.3 20.8 9.5 97.2 4.9 27.7 11.5 96.6
McDonald 7080 6.1 18.5 6.4 99.6 4.3 8.8 2.7 99.8 7.2 19.1 5.5 98.5 3.8 13.8 3.7 91.3 3.7 15.8 3.1 93.4
Riyadh 7832 3.3 18.4 7.2 100.0 1.9 13.0 5.6 100.0 4.5 21.2 9.3 98.2 3.0 19.5 15.8 95.9 2.9 26.2 13.5 98.5
Shanghai_2 7821 11.3 35.7   99.8 5.3 40.4   99.8 9.4 28.5   88.9 10.2 43.1   100.0 6.5 27.2   98.0
Grasse_MEO 7845 4.7 15.7 5.8 100.0 3.0 13.8 4.9 99.9 5.9 19.3 5.0 99.6 3.3 10.8 3.6 97.1 2.6 14.7 3.8 95.2
Kiev 1824 14.9 49.4 34.4 89.6 17.0 40.3 27.5 93.2 6.1 30.5 19.3 64.7 15.6 39.8 25.7 91.1        
Papeete 7124 2.3 15.7   100.0 1.4 11.5   100.0 14.1 15.8   100.0 2.3 17.8   100.0        
Altay 1879 7.3 25.1 14.2 98.9                 4.2 18.7 8.3 95.8