[daip] Question about UVMOD

Eric Greisen egreisen at nrao.edu
Tue Apr 12 13:21:25 EDT 2011


Melanie Gendre wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to include model sources in my UV data using UVMOD. I think 
> I got the basics, but I have a few questions about the entries in INLIST.
> I need only Stokes I values.
> 
> An example of my INLIST input is:
> 0.0007  -8.96  -1.34  0.10 0.10 0. 1  0. 0. 0. 0. 0.
> 
> In this case, is:
> (1) I=0.0007 the peak or integrated flux density in Jy?
> (2) Is I at the frequency of my data (here 5GHz) or at 1GHz?
> (3) If at 1GHz, do I use Spix & Dpix to convert the flux densities?

Good questions - the help file could be more helpful:

1. It is the total flux

2. It is at all frequencies if no spectral index is given

3. It is at 1 GHz if spectral index info is given.

Eric Greisen





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