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The following information was in the inline help for hanningsmooth but is now being maintained in one place in the Visibility Data Selection chapter, so a link has been added to those pages. It has been deleted from the Description tab for now and included below for reference in case it's needed, once a comprehensive plan has been established for all task pages with this issue.
--- Data selection parameters ---
field -- Select field using field id(s) or field name(s).
[run listobs to obtain the list iof d's or names]
default: ''=all fields If field string is a non-negative
integer, it is assumed to be a field index
otherwise, it is assumed to be a field name
field='0~2'; field ids 0,1,2
field='0,4,5~7'; field ids 0,4,5,6,7
field='3C286,3C295'; fields named 3C286 and 3C295
field = '3,4C*'; field id 3, all names starting with 4C
spw -- Select spectral window/channels
default: ''=all spectral windows and channels
spw='0~2,4'; spectral windows 0,1,2,4 (all channels)
spw='<2'; spectral windows less than 2 (i.e. 0,1)
spw='0:5~61'; spw 0, channels 5 to 61
spw='0,10,3:3~45'; spw 0,10 all channels, spw 3 - chans 3 to 45.
spw='0~2:2~6'; spw 0,1,2 with channels 2 through 6 in each.
spw = '*:3~64' channels 3 through 64 for all sp id's
spw = ' :3~64' will NOT work.
NOTE: mstransform does not support multiple channel ranges per
spectral window (';').
scan -- Scan number range
default: ''=all
antenna -- Select data based on antenna/baseline
default: '' (all)
Non-negative integers are assumed to be antenna indices, and
anything else is taken as an antenna name.
examples:
antenna='5&6': baseline between antenna index 5 and index 6.
antenna='VA05&VA06': baseline between VLA antenna 5 and 6.
antenna='5&6;7&8': baselines 5-6 and 7-8
antenna='5': all baselines with antenna 5
antenna='5,6,10': all baselines including antennas 5, 6, or 10
antenna='5,6,10&': all baselines with *only* antennas 5, 6, or
10. (cross-correlations only. Use &&
to include autocorrelations, and &&&
to get only autocorrelations.)
antenna='!ea03,ea12,ea17': all baselines except those that
include EVLA antennas ea03, ea12, or
ea17.
correlation -- Correlation types or expression.
default: '' (all correlations)
example: correlation='XX,YY'
timerange -- Select data based on time range:
default: '' (all); examples,
timerange = 'YYYY/MM/DD/hh:mm:ss~YYYY/MM/DD/hh:mm:ss'
Note: if YYYY/MM/DD is missing date, timerange defaults to the
first day in the dataset
timerange='09:14:0~09:54:0' picks 40 min on first day
timerange='25:00:00~27:30:00' picks 1 hr to 3 hr 30min
on next day
timerange='09:44:00' data within one integration of time
timerange='>10:24:00' data after this time
array -- (Sub)array number range
default: ''=all
uvrange -- Select data within uvrange (default units meters)
default: ''=all; example:
uvrange='0~1000klambda'; uvrange from 0-1000 kilo-lambda
uvrange='>4klambda';uvranges greater than 4 kilo-lambda
uvrange='0~1000km'; uvrange in kilometers
observation -- Select by observation ID(s)
default: ''=all
feed -- Selection based on the feed - NOT IMPLEMENTED YET
default: ''=all
datacolumn -- Which data column to use for processing (case-insensitive).
default: 'all'; whichever of the visibility data columns that are present.
options: 'data', 'model', 'corrected', 'all','float_data', 'lag_data'.
example1: datacolumn='data'; it will smooth the input DATA column and save the
smoothed data in DATA of the output MS.
example2: datacolumn='corrected'; it will smooth the input CORRECTED_DATA column
and save the smoothed data in DATA of the output MS.
example3: datacolumn='all', where the input MS has DATA,CORRECTED_DATA,MODEL_DATA.
It will smooth all three columns and save the smoothed data in
DATA, CORRECTED_DATA and MODEL_DATA of the output MS.