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Contents

• Contents
• 1. VLA reduction
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 MeasurementSets
  • 1.3 Basic initialization
  • 1.4 Basic Calibration Fundamentals
    • 1.4.1 Summary of Data Reductions Steps
  • 1.5 Example data and scripts
  • 1.6 Filling VLA data into AIPS++
    • 1.6.1 Filling data from VLA archive format
    • 1.6.2 Filling data from UVFITS format
  • 1.7 Data examination and inspection
  • 1.8 Data editing
    • 1.8.1 Interactive editing
  • 1.9 Basic Gain Calibration
    • 1.9.1 Setting the calibration source model
    • 1.9.2 Solving for complex gain, G
    • 1.9.3 Bandpass calibration
    • 1.9.4 Transfer the flux density scale
    • 1.9.5 Correct the data
  • 1.10 Instrumental Polarization Calibration
    • 1.10.1 continuum polarimetry case (only)
  • 1.11 Imaging
  • 1.12 Self-Calibration
  • 1.13 Image analysis
  • 1.14 Cleanup
  • 1.15 References
  • 1.16 Appendix 1
  • 1.17 Appendix 2
• 2. GBT Standard Data Reduction Guide
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Example Session
  • 2.3 Data Path
  • 2.4 Data and File Access
    • 2.4.1 File Access
    • 2.4.2 Scan (Data) Access
  • 2.5 Data Inspection and Display
    • 2.5.1 Flagging
    • 2.5.2 Display
    • 2.5.3 The dish plotter
  • 2.6 Calibration (SP,SPECTROMETER)
  • 2.7 Analysis
    • 2.7.1 Averaging
    • 2.7.2 Fitting Baselines
    • 2.7.3 Fitting Gaussians
    • 2.7.4 Moments and Statistics
    • 2.7.5 Regridding
    • 2.7.6 Saving Spectra
    • 2.7.7 Writing Spectra
    • 2.7.8 Imaging
  • 2.8 Exiting dish
  • 2.9 Appendix
    • 2.9.1 Index of commands
    • 2.9.2 Observing Recipes (SP, SPECTROMETER)
    • 2.9.3 Observing Recipes (DCR)
    • 2.9.4 Optimized Use of AIPS++ in Green Bank
    • 2.9.5 Example UniPOPS reduction in dish
    • 2.9.6 Example Standards Data
    • 2.9.7 Obtaining updates to AIPS++ releases
• 3. GBT Continuum Single dish Imaging
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Filling single dish data into AIPS++
    • 3.2.1 GBT
    • 3.2.2 Loading the continuum calibration utilities
  • 3.3 Data examination and inspection
  • 3.4 Basic gain calibration
    • 3.4.1 gc.setdata(msname)
    • 3.4.2 gc.contcal(tcal=1.0,average=T,baseline=F,nfit=0,range=20)
  • 3.5 Imaging
    • 3.5.1 gc.makeimage(imname='scanimage',gridfn='SF',receptor=1)
    • 3.5.2 gc.covercorr(imname=F,wname=F)
    • 3.5.3 gc.plotsource(imname,nsource=1)
  • 3.6 Example
• 4. GBT Spectral Line Reduction using UNI-jr
  • 4.1 Sample Data Reduction Session
  • 4.2 Introduction
  • 4.3 Prerequisites
  • 4.4 About the Sample Data
  • 4.5 Starting UNI-jr
  • 4.6 Processing GBT Scans
  • 4.7 Averaging Scans
  • 4.8 Statistics and Other Analysis
  • 4.9 A Short UNI-jr Reference
  • 4.10 A Mapping between UNIPOPS and UNI-jr commands
• 5. ATCA reduction
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 MeasurementSets
  • 5.3 Basic initialization
  • 5.4 Filling ATCA data into an AIPS++ MeasurementSet
  • 5.5 Data examination and inspection
  • 5.6 Data editing
    • 5.6.1 Interactive editing
  • 5.7 Basic Calibration Fundamentals
    • 5.7.1 Setting the calibration source model
    • 5.7.2 Solving for complex gain, bandpass and leakage
    • 5.7.3 Correcting the gains for polarization of the calibrators
    • 5.7.4 Establishing the flux density scale
  • 5.8 Imaging
    • 5.8.1 Correct the data
    • 5.8.2 Basic imaging
  • 5.9 References
  • 5.10 Acknowledgements
• 6. Parkes Multibeam Reduction
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Configuring AIPS++
  • 6.3 Livedata
    • 6.3.1 Scheduler
    • 6.3.2 Multibeam Reader
    • 6.3.3 Bandpass Calibration
    • 6.3.4 Data Monitor
    • 6.3.5 Statistics
    • 6.3.6 Writer
  • 6.4 Gridder
  • 6.5 Creating HIPASS cubes: an example.
  • 6.6 Cubecat
• 7. Reducing JCMT data in DISH
  • 7.1 Setting Your Environment
    • 7.1.1 Starting AIPS++
    • 7.1.2 Making AIPS++ run faster
    • 7.1.3 Paging
  • 7.2 Filling gsd data to an AIPS++ MeasurementSet
  • 7.3 Loading Data into DISH
  • 7.4 Analyzing Data
  • 7.5 Imaging JCMT data
  • 7.6 To Do List for JCMT/DISH
• 8. Arecibo Observatory Spectral Line Reduction with DISH
  • 8.1 AIPS++ Versions Available at Arecibo
  • 8.2 Setting Your Environment
    • 8.2.1 Starting AIPS++
    • 8.2.2 Making AIPS++ run faster
    • 8.2.3 Paging
  • 8.3 Converting AO Data into SDFITS
    • 8.3.1 SDFITS and AIPS++
    • 8.3.2 SDFITS Example 1
    • 8.3.3 SDFITS Example 2
  • 8.4 Available AIPS++ Routines
  • 8.5 Sample Data Reduction Session