[daip] Problem on loading data to aips

Data Analysts analysts at nrao.edu
Mon Oct 20 12:39:22 EDT 2008



Hau Yu Liu wrote:
>    Thanks very much for help! Here is my input:
>
> AIPS 1: FILLM     Task to read a VLA archive tape
> AIPS 1: Adverbs     Values                 Comments
> AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
> AIPS 1: INTAPE        1                    Tape drive number
> AIPS 1: INFILE     'AK517:AK517_'          Non-blank: disk file name
> AIPS 1: NFILES        0                    Number of files to advance
> AIPS 1:                                    Also applies to ON-LINE!
> AIPS 1: BAND       ' '                     Freq. band:
> AIPS 1:                                      (4,P,L,S,C,X,U,K,A,Q)
> AIPS 1: QUAL         -1                    Source qualifier -1=>all
> AIPS 1: CALCODE    ' '                     Calibrator code
> AIPS 1: VLAOBS     ' '                     VLA obs. pgm. name ('AZ99')
> AIPS 1: VLAMODE    ' '                     VLA obs. mode ('  '=any)
> AIPS 1: REFDATE    ' '                     Reference date. 'yyyymmdd'
> AIPS 1: TIMERANG   *all 0                  Timerange selected
> AIPS 1: BCHAN         1                    First spectral channel
> AIPS 1: ECHAN         0                    Highest spectral channel
> AIPS 1: OUTNAME    'TEST'                  Output UV file name (name)
> AIPS 1: OUTSEQ        0                    Output UV file name (seq. #)
> AIPS 1: OUTDISK       1                    Output UV file disk unit #.
> AIPS 1: DOUVCOMP      1                    1 (T) => compressed data
> AIPS 1: DOCONCAT     -1                    1 (T) => append data to old
> AIPS 1:                                    files
> AIPS 1: NCOUNT        1                    Number of files to read
> AIPS 1: DOWEIGHT      1                    Use nominal sensitivity to
> AIPS 1:                                    scale weights?
> AIPS 1:                                    = 10, use Memo 108 weights
> AIPS 1: DOACOR       -1                    Load autocorrelation data?
> AIPS 1: CPARM         0           0        User options.
> AIPS 1:               0           0        1 => Avg. time (seconds)
> AIPS 1:               0           0        2 => bitmap    (see help)
> AIPS 1:            6300        *rest 0          = 16 for planets & Sun
> AIPS 1:                                    3 => Max. OK IF status
> AIPS 1:                                         <=3 => 3
> AIPS 1:                                    4 => Control dropping of
> AIPS 1:                                         shadowed data
> AIPS 1:                                         < 0 => no shadow check
> AIPS 1:                                         0 => 25 m limit
> AIPS 1:                                         > 0 => Shadow limit is
> AIPS 1:                                               CPARM(4) in meters
> AIPS 1:                                    5 = channel code (see HELP)
> AIPS 1:                                    6 => Subarray number-see HELP
> AIPS 1:                                    7 => FQ entry tolerance (kHz)
> AIPS 1:                                         (see HELP)
> AIPS 1:                                    8 => CL table time incr. min
> AIPS 1:                                    9 => TY table time incr. min
> AIPS 1:                                    10=> Calibrator avg. time
> AIPS 1: DPARM      *all 0                  Selection by Frequency
> AIPS 1:                                    1+2 => A Frequency (Hz)
> AIPS 1:                                    3+4 => B Frequency (Hz)
> AIPS 1:                                    5+6 => C Frequency (Hz)
> AIPS 1:                                    7+8 => D Frequency (Hz)
> AIPS 1:                                    9 => tolerance for A&C
> AIPS 1:                                    10 => tolerance for B&D
> AIPS 1: BPARM      *all 0                  Opacity and Gain curve
> AIPS 1:                                    control (see help)
> AIPS 1: IN2FILE    *all ' '                Antenna gains file
>
>
> best wish,
> Hauyu
>
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> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Data Analysts <analysts at aoc.nrao.edu>
> To: Hau Yu Liu <hyliu at asiaa.sinica.edu.tw>
> Sent: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:16:45 -0600
> Subject: Re: Problem on loading data to aips
>
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> Please send your inputs to 'fillm'.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Meri Stanley
>> NRAO Data Analyst
>>
>> Hau Yu Liu wrote:
>>     
>>> Dear sir,
>>>
>>>    I'm using aips 31DEC08 to do data reduction. I used task FILLM to load the
>>> archived data AK0517, however, it can't be accomplished correctly. The data of
>>> different frequency go to the same frequency ID, and the stokes of the loaded
>>> data is incorrect. It has four RR correlation in one frequency and four LL correlation
>>> in the other frequency, which is inconsistent with the observation scan.
>>> Would you help to solve that problem? Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>    I list part of the output message from aips as well as the uv print file:
>>>
>>> MCINI - Mode 2AD incompatible
>>> HYLIU > FILLM1: Ref. date = 20001023 A-C = 23.693462 B-D = 23.721599 GHz
>>> HYLIU > FILLM1: Appending new data to: 20001023    .CH 0  .  3 disk  1
>>> HYLIU > FILLM1: Ref. date = 20001023 A-C = 23.693462 B-D = 23.721599 GHz
>>> HYLIU > FILLM1: Appending new data to: 20001023    .LINE  .  3 disk  1
>>> HYLIU > FILLM1: Ref. date = 20001023 A-C = 23.693462 B-D = 23.721599 GHz
>>> HYLIU > FILLM1: Appending new data to: 20001023    .CH 0  .  4 disk  1
>>> HYLIU > FILLM1: Ref. date = 20001023 A-C = 23.693462 B-D = 23.721599 GH
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
>>>
>>> hyliu   PRTUV(31DEC08)     801   17-OCT-2008   14:11:26
>>> Page    1
>>> File = AK517RAWUV  .LINE  .   1   Vol = 1    Userid =  801     Channels =    1 t
>>> o     4
>>> Source= 1730-130   RA   =  00 00  0.00   DEC  =  00 00  0.0 IF =  1
>>> Freq= 23.693069612 GHz   Ncor=  1   No. vis=    485365   Sort order= TB
>>>
>>> Source= 1328+307    Freq=  23.693069612    Sort= TB   1 RR   2 RR  3 RR  4 RR
>>>   Vis #     IAT      Ant  Su Fq U(klam) V(klam) W(klam)   Amp  Phas     Wt   Amp
>>>   Phas     Wt   Amp  Phas     Wt   Amp  Phas     Wt
>>>
>>>       1  0/20:31:25 16-22  1  1    -446    -589     279   0.051-177  7.237   0.6
>>> 25  37  7.237   0.389  -2  7.237   0.292  42  7.237
>>>       2  0/20:31:25  6-16  1  1     502     610    -308   0.504 -24  5.231   0.7
>>> 32 -11  5.231   0.229 -87  5.231   0.426 166  5.231
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>  hyliu      PRTUV(31DEC08)     801               17-OCT-2008   14:12:27              
>>> Page    1
>>> File = AK517RAWUV  .LINE  .   2   Vol = 1    Userid =  801     Channels =    1 to     4
>>> Source= 1730-130   RA   =  00 00  0.00   DEC  =  00 00  0.0 IF =  1
>>> Freq= 23.721209614 GHz   Ncor=  1   No. vis=    495450   Sort order= TB
>>>
>>> Source= 1328+307    Freq=  23.721209614    Sort= TB    1 LL   2 LL  3 LL  4 LL
>>>   Vis #     IAT      Ant  Su Fq U(klam) V(klam) W(klam)   Amp  Phas     Wt   Amp  Phas 
>>>    Wt   Amp  Phas     Wt   Amp  Phas     Wt
>>>
>>>       1  0/20:31:25  7-16  1  1     582     595    -342   0.549  62  9.366   0.342  -1 
>>> 9.366   0.380-148  9.366   0.230-121  9.366
>>>       2  0/20:31:25  5-16  1  1     428     724    -289   0.059 134 12.712   0.422 -61
>>> 12.712   0.129 -22 12.712   0.187 157 12.712
>>>
>>>
>>> best wish,
>>> Hauyu
>>>
>>>       
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