Connected-element end-to-end reduction

• A important element of scientific integration efforts:

  • NRAO has focused on VLA reduction
  • Strategy:
    • Scientific user groups reduce the data (in collaboration with the project)
    • Assess usability improvements based on their experience
    • Inter-compare with other packages
    • Catalog the reduction scripts and test data in the system
    • Use in documentation, tutorial examples and automated system testing
    • Other data also selected by the user groups and processed independently
    • Select designated test data in all observing modes
  • Similar efforts underway at BIMA, WSRT and ATNF

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