0.1.20 fluxscale
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Synopsis Bootstrap the flux density scale from standard calibrators
Description
Bootstrap the flux density scale from standard calibrators:
After running gaincal on standard flux density calibrators (with or without a
model), and other calibrators with unknown flux densities, fluxscale will
determine the flux density of the unknowns calibrators that are most
consistent with the standard calibrator antenna gains.
Arguments
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| vis | | Name of input visibility file (MS)
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| caltable | | Name of input calibration table
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| fluxtable | | Name of output, flux-scaled calibration table
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| | | allowed: | string |
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| reference | | Reference field name(s) (transfer flux scale FROM)
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| transfer | | Transfer field name(s) (transfer flux scale TO), ” -¿ all
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| append | | Append solutions?
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| | | allowed: | bool |
| | | Default: | False |
| refspwmap | | Scale across spectral window boundaries. See help
fluxscale
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| | | allowed: | intArray |
| | | Default: | -1 |
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Returns
void
Example
After running gaincal on standard flux density calibrators (with or
without a model), and other calibrators with unknown flux densities,
fluxscale will determine the flux density of the unknowns calibrators
that are most consistent with the standard calibrator antenna gains.
Check the log output to make sure that reasonable flux densities are
obtained.
Keyword arguments:
vis -- Name of input visibility file
default: none; example: vis=’ngc5921.ms’
caltable -- Name of input calibration table
default: none; example: caltable=’ngc5921.gcal’
This cal table was obtained from task gaincal.
fluxtable -- Name of output, flux-scaled calibration table
default: none; example: fluxtable=’ngc5921.gcal2’
The gains in this table have been adjusted by the
derived flux density each calibrator. The MODEL_DATA
column has NOT been updated for the flux density of the
calibrator. Use setjy to do this if it is a point source.
reference -- Reference field name(s)
The names of the fields with a known flux densities or
visibilties that have been placed in the MODEL column
by setjy or ft for a model not in the CASA system.
The syntax is similar to field. Hence field index or
names can be used.
default: none; example: reference=’1328+307’
transfer -- Transfer field name(s)
The names of the fields with unknown flux densities.
These should be point-like calibrator sources
The syntax is similar to field. Hence source index or
names can be used.
default: ’’ = all sources in caltable that are not specified
as reference sources. Do not include unknown target sources
example: transfer=’1445+099, 3C84’; transfer = ’0,4’
NOTE: All fields in reference and transfer must have solutions
in the caltable.
append -- Append fluxscaled solutions to the fluxtable.
default: False; (will overwrite if already existing)
example: append=True
refspwmap -- Vector of spectral windows enablings scaling across
spectral windows
default: [-1]==> none.
Example with 4 spectral windows:
if the reference fields were observed only in spw=1 & 3,
and the transfer fields were observed in all 4 spws (0,1,2,3),
specify refspwmap=[1,1,3,3].
This will ensure that transfer fields observed in spws 0,1,2,3
will be referenced to reference field solutions only in
spw 1 or 3.
Please send any comments or questions about CASA or AIPS++
to aips2-requests@nrao.edu
Copyright © 2008 Associated Universities Inc.,
Washington, D.C.
This code is available under the terms of the GNU General Public Lincense
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