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20041026 report

Focus analysis for September & October


September
---------
      FE  axis  No.obs.    mean   s.d.  Notes
                           (mm)   (mm)
                                                                        
        
    SCUBA   Z     104     -0.08   0.09    1,2
            X      48      0.08   0.27    3
            Y      47      0.03   0.17    2
                                                                        
        
     RxA    Z      76     -0.08   0.07    4
            X      47      0.13   0.20    4
            Y      45     -0.01   0.17    4
                                                                        
        
     RxB    Z      36     -0.07   0.07    5
            X      38      0.06   0.23    6,7
            Y      40      0.07   0.11    5
                                                                        
        
Notes : 1 : SCUBA_Z  =  (-0.22 +- 0.06)*sin(el)
        2 : no significant thermal dependency,     2 < T < 13
        3 : SCUBA_X  =  (+0.056 +- 0.015)*T_mean   2 < T < 13
        4 : no significant thermal dependency,     0 < T < 15
        5 : no significant thermal dependency,     2 < T < 15
        6 : RXB_X    =  (-0.79 +- 0.18)*cos(el)
        7 : RXB_X  =    (+0.033 +- 0.010)*T_mean   2 < T < 15
                                                                        
        
Notes 1, 3, 6 & 7 show apparent strong correlations.
The elevation dependencies, 1 & 6, are not confirmed at other FEs,
while the X-dependence upon mean leg temperature seen in
data for SCUBA & RxB is not seen in RxA data !?
                                                                        
        
This is all insufficient to warrant changing any of the
SMU algorithms at this time.
                                                                        
        
October (thru Oct 26 UT - with poor weather forecast 
------- (for the rest of the month)

      FE  axis  No.obs.    mean   s.d.  Notes
                           (mm)   (mm)
                                                                        
        
    SCUBA   Z      50     -0.05   0.09
            X      18      0.13   0.15
            Y      18     -0.04   0.13
                                                                        
        
     RXA    Z      84     -0.03   0.08   8
            X      54      0.05   0.20   9
            Y      53     -0.13   0.20
                                                                        
        
     RXB    Z      29     -0.08   0.09
            X      29      0.04   0.15
            Y      29     -0.06   0.13
                                                                        
        
Notes : 8 : RXA_Z  =  ( -0.20 +- 0.06 )*sin(el)   s.d. 0.08
        9 : RXA_X  =  ( -0.66 +- 0.16 )*cos(el)   s.d. 0.18
                                                                        
        
Again, and collectively, there's insufficient cause to change
the algorithms.
                                                                        


Iain Coulson
Latest Update : 26 Oct 2004
Contact: Iain Coulson. Updated: Sat Nov 6 18:00:27 HST 2004

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