[daip] UVFLG

Jim Ulvestad julvesta at aoc.nrao.edu
Fri Oct 7 11:09:02 EDT 2005


Leonia,  Based on your note and Eric's, I will try a few more
tests myself to see if I can make it work.  This will probably
not be until this afternoon, since I have other things to take
care of this morning.

Jim

Leonia Kogan wrote:

> Hm, It works with my data.
>
> Can you TASAV your data and create the FITS file of the tasaved data.
> I'll debug UVFLG with these data.
>
> Leonia
>
> Jim Ulvestad wrote:
>
>> I did 'System idle
>>
>> as you suggest and it didn't work.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> Leonia Kogan wrote:
>>
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> I think the problem is small/capital leters.
>>>
>>> Type REASON = ' System idle  without the 'sign at the end of the line
>>> Then the reason will appear with the right sequence of small/capital 
>>> leter and UVFLG will work (I hope)
>>>
>>> Leonia
>>> Jim Ulvestad wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've gone ahead and changed the FG table by cheating and using TABED.
>>>> The original flag table that I can't change is FG 1 in the 
>>>> following data set.
>>>> Note that the reason that shows up in the flag table is System 
>>>> idle, not all
>>>> upper case. I have tried running UVFLG with the mixed upper and lower
>>>> case and with all lower case.
>>>>
>>>> The rows I tried to change in the FG table are rows 352, 393, 745, 
>>>> 837, and 1178.
>>>> (In FG 2, note that PFLAG is 0000 and not 1111 for these rows, because
>>>> I changed them using TABED.)
>>>>
>>>> Flag table 1 can be found at /DATA/COYOTE_1/FITS/BU30A.FGTABLE.
>>>>
>>>> AIPS 1: Image=MULTI     (UV)         Filename=BU030A      .FXPOL .   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Telescope=VLBA               Receiver=VLBA
>>>> AIPS 1: Observer=BU030               User #=  145
>>>> AIPS 1: Observ. date=26-FEB-2005     Map date=06-SEP-2005
>>>> AIPS 1: # visibilities    918247     Sort order  TB
>>>> AIPS 1: Rand axes: UU-L-SIN  VV-L-SIN  WW-L-SIN  TIME1  BASELINE
>>>> AIPS 1:            SOURCE  FREQSEL  INTTIM  GATEID  CORR-ID  WEIGHT
>>>> AIPS 1:            SCALE
>>>> AIPS 1: 
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> AIPS 1: Type    Pixels   Coord value     at Pixel     Coord incr   
>>>> Rotat
>>>> AIPS 1: COMPLEX      1   1.0000000E+00       1.00  1.0000000E+00    
>>>> 0.00
>>>> AIPS 1: STOKES       2  -1.0000000E+00       1.00 -1.0000000E+00    
>>>> 0.00
>>>> AIPS 1: FREQ        32   4.9714900E+09       0.56  2.5000000E+05    
>>>> 0.00
>>>> AIPS 1: IF           4   1.0000000E+00       1.00  1.0000000E+00    
>>>> 0.00
>>>> AIPS 1: RA           1    00 00 00.000       1.00       0.000000    
>>>> 0.00
>>>> AIPS 1: DEC          1    00 00 00.000       1.00       0.000000    
>>>> 0.00
>>>> AIPS 1: 
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> AIPS 1: Coordinate equinox 2000.00
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type CL is   8
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type NX is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type IM is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type CT is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type MC is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type OB is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type GC is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type WX is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type TY is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type PC is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type FQ is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type AN is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type SU is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type CQ is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type FG is   3
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type HI is   1
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type SN is   6
>>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type PL is   6
>>>> AIPS 1: Keyword = 'OLDRFQ  '  value =  4.97149000D+09
>>>> AIPS 1: Keyword = 'SUBARRAY'  value =            1
>>>>
>>>> AIPS 1: UVFLG:  Task to Flag selected UV data on disk.
>>>> AIPS 1: Adverbs     Values                 Comments
>>>> AIPS 1: 
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> AIPS 1: INNAME     'BU030A      '          UV data (name).
>>>> AIPS 1: INCLASS    'FXPOL '                UV data (class).
>>>> AIPS 1: INSEQ         1                    UV data (seq. #).  0 => 
>>>> high
>>>> AIPS 1: INDISK        2                    Disk unit #.  0 => any
>>>> AIPS 1: INFILE     *all ' '                Text file name.
>>>> AIPS 1: SOURCES    *all ' '                Sources selected/deselected
>>>> AIPS 1: SUBARRAY      0                    Subarray number 0=>all.
>>>> AIPS 1: SELBAND      -1                    Bandwidth to flag (kHz)
>>>> AIPS 1: SELFREQ      -1                    Frequency to flag (MHz)
>>>> AIPS 1: FREQID       -1                    Freq. ID to flag. -1=>all.
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    0=> first Freq. ID.
>>>> AIPS 1: TIMERANG   *all 0                  Time: start day,hr,min,sec
>>>> AIPS 1:                                          stop day,hr,min,sec.
>>>> AIPS 1: BCHAN         0                    First frequency channel
>>>> AIPS 1: ECHAN         0                    Last channel 0=>all
>>>> AIPS 1: BIF           0                    First IF 0=>1
>>>> AIPS 1: EIF           0                    Last IF 0=>all
>>>> AIPS 1: ANTENNAS     12        *rest 0     Antennas
>>>> AIPS 1: BASELINE   *all 0                  Baselines with ANTENNAS
>>>> AIPS 1: STOKES     '    '                  Stokes' parameters
>>>> AIPS 1: FLAGVER       1                    Flag table version number
>>>> AIPS 1:                                       Used w single-source too
>>>> AIPS 1: APARM      *all 0                  Clip on ampl. and weight
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    (single source data only)
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    1:lower limit of amplitude
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    2:upper limit of amplitude
>>>> AIPS 1:                                      0 => use defaults
>>>> AIPS 1:                                      sign is significant!
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    3:limit of weight
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    The data with ampl. outside
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    of a given range or  weight
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    less the given value are
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    flagged (unflagged)
>>>> AIPS 1:                                         Elevation flagging
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    4:elevation lower cutoff 
>>>> deg
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    5:elevation upper cutoff 
>>>> deg
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    6:Factor of suppression of
>>>> AIPS 1:                                      spurious fringes 
>>>> caused by
>>>> AIPS 1:                                      pulse cal when fringe
>>>> AIPS 1:                                      rate close to zero.
>>>> AIPS 1:                                      It must be >1
>>>> AIPS 1:                                      0 => do not flag due to
>>>> AIPS 1:                                        this reason
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    7:>0 => Print source, time,
>>>> AIPS 1:                                       baseline,  U,V of 
>>>> expected
>>>> AIPS 1:                                       zero fringe rate (U=0)
>>>> AIPS 1:                                      0 => do not print
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    APARM=0 => 
>>>> flagging(unflag.)
>>>> AIPS 1:                                    does not depend on APARM
>>>> AIPS 1: OPCODE     'REAS'                  'FLAG','UFLG' or 'REAS'
>>>> AIPS 1: REASON     'System idle                 Reason (24 char.)
>>>> AIPS 1:              '
>>>> AIPS 1: BDROP         0                     First vis. no. to flag
>>>> AIPS 1:                                     (not with flag tables)
>>>> AIPS 1: EDROP         0                     Last  vis. no. to flag
>>>> AIPS 1:                                     (not with flag tables)
>>>> AIPS 1: DOHIST        1                     > 0 -> add to history
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Leonia Kogan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As I understand, UVFLG (opcode='reas) should unflag  all rows at 
>>>>> the given FG table which
>>>>> include the 'reason' coincided (at all 24 characters) with the 
>>>>> given REASON.
>>>>>
>>>>> All other parameters including  an antenna numbers are not used.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you send me:
>>>>>
>>>>> List of input parameters
>>>>> imh of the UV data,
>>>>> and the FG table print out
>>>>>
>>>>> Leonia
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim Ulvestad wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The unflag option in UVFLG (opcode 'reas') doesn't appear to be 
>>>>>> very robust.
>>>>>> Claire tells me that it only works for data that were already 
>>>>>> flagged
>>>>>> in UVFLG, which is certainly my experience--I can't unflag data in
>>>>>> a flag table delivered from the VLBA correlator, using an antenna
>>>>>> number and a reason, with basically all other inputs defaulting.
>>>>>> There is no indication in the help file that I need to set other 
>>>>>> parameters,
>>>>>> such as TIMERANG.  If this is known behavior, perhaps it ought to be
>>>>>> in the help file.  If it's not known behavior, perhaps it is a 
>>>>>> bug or an
>>>>>> incompetent user.  (I got a PI letter from the analysts that said 
>>>>>> an hour of
>>>>>> data was improperly flagged and should be unflagged, but 
>>>>>> apparently it
>>>>>> isn't so easy!!!)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>
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