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- Scientific completeness
- Significant synthesis capabilities
exist within the package at present, but they need to be more widely
used in the scientific community. This problem can be addressed
through improved vertical integration of synthesis applications, and
in the addition of scientific completeness beyond the current
thin-path capabilities. In this area, the full completion of
connected-element capabilities takes priority over VLBI.
- Time-critical local priorities
- It is important that the project
meet time-critical targets required for successful AIPS++ use at
consortia sites, particularly where the use of AIPS++ is closely
integrated into the critical path required for instrument use or
operation.
- Basic automated imaging
- The synthesis infrastructure is
sufficiently developed to allow the implementation of basic automated
imaging capabilities, applicable to both off-line and real-time
imaging. It is appropriate during this development cycle to continue
initial work in this area in the main package, and to coordinate
similar developments at other consortium sites to maximize component
re-use in pipeline development.
- Automated testing
- Expanding the automated testing of synthesis
capabilities using simulated data is a priority during this cycle,
both at the C++ and Glish level. This has benefits in speeding up
release testing, and in daily and weekly checks of system integrity
for end-users.
- MS v2 filler migration
- Migrate all existing fillers to MS
v2. These include: i) VLA filler (RM, H, 2 wk); ii) BIMA filler
(PT, H, 4 wk); iii) WSRT filler (WSRT staff); iv) ms2scn,
ms2iwos (GvD, H, 1 wk).
- MS v2 FITS definition
- Complete definition of MS v2 as an
external FITS binary table format. (AK, M, 2 wk).
- MERLIN filler
- Implement initial MERLIN filler using existing
filler infrastructure in AIPS++. Includes familiarization with the
AIPS++ library. (BM, H, 4 wk).
- Additional VLA filler features
- Add: (i) shadowing; (ii) Tsys
and weighting; (iii) complete output filtering; (iv) new weights
scheme currently adopted by FILLM. (RM, H, 4 wk).
- MS concatenation
- Complete existing work on MS
concatenation and averaging. (RM, H, 4 wk).
- MS data volume control
- Implement initial solution to the MS data volume
problem caused by the MODEL_DATA, CORRECTED_DATA and IMAGING_WEIGHT
scratch columns. (AK, H, 1 wk).
- MS access classes
- Refine MS access classes for new filler and
calibration developments. (AK, H, 1 wk).
- Automated editing
- Complete initial automated editing
algorithms, including spectral rejection. (DK, H, 3 wk).
- New fitting classes in calibration solvers
- Replace existing
Newton solvers in calibrater with the new fitting classes now
available in the system. (AK, H, 1 wk, WB, H, 0.5 wk).
- Investigate coupled solver for ATCA
- Investigate a coupled
solver for ATCA data. Includes a comparison with MIRIAD. (WB, H, 2 wk).
- Calibration table smoothing and re-gridding
- Implement an
initial calibration table smoothing and re-gridding tool. (HR, H,
4 wk, DM, H, 1wk).
- Ephemeris-based planet flux density calibration
- Enable flux
density calibration based on planet observations, as currently done in
Miriad. (RP, M, 4wk).
- Holography support in imager
- Complete general holography support
in imager, excluding near-field corrections. (JB, H, 4 wk).
- Imager testing with MS v2
- Test all imager capabilities with MS
v2 and implement any necessary changes. (AK, H, 3 wk).
- Optimal-sized FFT's for mosaicing
- Complete the implementation
of optimal-sized FFT's for mosaiced imaging. (MH, H, 2 wk).
- Simulator error models
- Expand the analytic error models in the
simulator for use in correctness testing. Also, complete initial
support of pointing errors(MH, H, 3 wk).
- Coarse component search
- Perform a coarse search for component
positions in an image. (WB, H, 2 wk).
- uv-component fitter
- Initial component fitter in the
uv-plane. (WB, H, 2 wk).
- Automated imaging prototype
- Complete the vertical integration of
synthesis capabilities in map.g, and provide an initial automated
imaging utility, automap.g. (AK, H, 2 wk).
- Pipeline scientific requirements
- Complete the scientific
requirements document for common pipeline architectures. (AK, H, 1 wk).
- New Getting Results chapters
- Add new Getting Results chapters
for synthesis reduction for specific instruments, including VLA, WSRT,
BIMA and ATNF. (AK, H, 1 wk, TO, H, 1 wk, MW/FB, H, 1 wk).
- Synthesis tests
- Complete initial test scripts for all
consortium connected-element instruments (WSRT, BIMA, VLA, ATNF).
(TO/JN, H, 2 wk, DM, H, 2 wk, AK, H, 2 wk, FB/MW, H, 2 wk).
- Errors in componentlist tables
- Add support for simple errors
(one per existing parameter) in componentlist tables. (RM, H, 1
wk).
- Ionosphere support in calibrater
- Complete FJones support in
calibrater, including: i) PIM/GPS/ionosphere note; ii) GPS sub-table
access classes; iii) finalize Ionosphere and FVisJones classes; iv)
Test PIM-based corrections with WSRT data; v) explore secondary PIM
corrections. (OS, H, 12 wk).
- imager tests against simulated data
- Add imager tests against
simulated data for all imaging modes to imagertest, and assay. (MH, H, 3 wk).
- Unify ImageSkyModel (algorithm/context)
- Unify deconvolution and
imaging context in ImageSkyModel classes. (MH, H, 4 wk).
- MSLister integration
- Complete MSLister integration; includes
familiarization with related AIPS++ classes. (GM, H, 4 wk).
- Calibrater infrastructure development
- Continue enhancement of
calibrater infrastructure in the areas of interpolation and
parameterization. (GM, H, 4 wk).
- VLBI FITS-IDI filler
- Complete initial FITS IDI filler using
existing filler classes. (BM, H, 8 wk).
- Improve mosaicing interface and functionality
- Initial work on a
high-level mosaicing interface, and related utilities. (MH, M, 2
wk).
- Initial fringe-fitter
- Complete initial single-band, coherent
fringe fitter. (AK, M, 4 wk).
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