[daip] [!5168]: aips - Frequency dependence of the amplitude after VLBACALA

Svetlana G. Jorstad do-not-reply at nrao.edu
Mon Jul 14 12:52:12 EDT 2014


Svetlana G. Jorstad updated #5168
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Frequency dependence of the amplitude after VLBACALA
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           Ticket ID: 5168
                 URL: https://help.nrao.edu/staff/index.php?/Tickets/Ticket/View/5168
           Full Name: Svetlana G. Jorstad
               Email: jorstad at bu.edu
             Creator: User
          Department: AIPS Data Processing
       Staff (Owner): -- Unassigned --
                Type: Issue
              Status: Open
            Priority: Default
                 SLA: NRAO E2E
      Template Group: Default
             Created: 14 July 2014 04:52 PM
             Updated: 14 July 2014 04:52 PM
                 Due: 16 July 2014 04:52 PM (2d 0h 0m)
      Resolution Due: 22 July 2014 04:52 PM (8d 0h 0m)



I have LINUX64 PC with UBUNTU 12.04. I use the latest version of AIPS 31DEC13 although I have the same problem in AIPS 31DEC14.

I reduce the VLBA data at 43 GHz of 2014 June (BM353W). The original
data without any calibration show a stable amplitude with frequency at BR
for both polarization   (POSSM_ORIGINALDATA.PS, this is for a scan #56
for 3C279) while after VLBACALA with DOFIT=1 the amplitude at all baselines
which involve the first antenna BR shows a strong decrease of the amplitude with 
frequency for RR (POSSM_RRAFTERVLBACALA.PS) but not for LL (POSSM_LLAFTERVLBACALA.PS). The opacity curve (DOFIT1.PS) looks normally. Below I have parameters of APCAL after VLBACALA.
Figures are attached.
Thank you very much,
Svetlana 


>inp
AIPS 1: APCAL     Task to generate an amplitude calibration SN table
AIPS 1: Adverbs     Values                 Comments
AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
AIPS 1: INNAME     'BM353W'                Input UV file name (name)
AIPS 1: INCLASS    'RAW'                   Input UV file name (class)
AIPS 1: INSEQ         1                    Input UV file name (seq. #)
AIPS 1: INDISK        3                    Input UV file disk unit #
AIPS 1:
AIPS 1: ANTENNAS   *all 0                  Antennas to calibrate
AIPS 1: SUBARRAY      0                    Subarray 0 -> 1
AIPS 1: STOKES     ' '                     Stokes type ('R','L',' ')
AIPS 1: BIF           0                    Start IF number
AIPS 1: EIF           0                    End IF number
AIPS 1: FREQID       -1                    Freq. ID to calibrate
AIPS 1: SOURCES    *all ' '                Sources to calibrate
AIPS 1: TIMERANG   *all 0                  Time range to calibrate
AIPS 1:
AIPS 1: TYVER         1                    TY table version number.
AIPS 1: GCVER         1                    GC table version number.
AIPS 1: SNVER         0                    Output SN table version.
AIPS 1:                                      0 -> highest unique
AIPS 1: ** press RETURN for more, enter Q or next line to quit print **
#
AIPS 1: OPCODE     'GRID'                  Opacity correction opcode:
AIPS 1:                                    '    ' -> no opacity corr.
AIPS 1:                                    'GRID','GRDR','OPAC','OPCR',
AIPS 1:                                      'LESQ' -> fit for opacity
AIPS 1: APARM      *all 0                  Calibration parameters:
AIPS 1:                                    (1) -> B factor (def. 1.0)
AIPS 1:                                    Opacity parameters:
AIPS 1:                                    (2) -> ZA limit (deg)
AIPS 1:                                    (3) >=0  use spillover
AIPS 1:                                             correction
AIPS 1:                                    (4) > 0  use all FQ in
AIPS 1:                                             opac. soln.
AIPS 1:                                    (5) Limit to sec(z) plotted
AIPS 1: SOLINT        0                    Solution interval (min)
AIPS 1:                                       0 -> use all data
AIPS 1: INVERS        1                    WX table version number.
AIPS 1:                                       0 -> use text file
AIPS 1: CALIN      *all ' '                Text file with weather info.
AIPS 1:                                       Must be ' ' if using WX
AIPS 1:                                       table (INVERS).
AIPS 1: TRECVR     *all 0                    Receiver temperatures (K);
AIPS 1: ** press RETURN for more, enter Q or next line to quit print **
#
AIPS 1:                                       in (R,L) pairs.
AIPS 1: TAU0       *all 0                  Zenith opacities (per ant.)
AIPS 1: DOFIT         1           1        Fit type (per ant.)
AIPS 1:               1           1          -1 -> no opacity correction
AIPS 1:               1           1           0 -> apply TRECVR only
AIPS 1:               1           1           1 -> solve for Trec using
AIPS 1:               1           1                fitting method spec.
AIPS 1:               1           1                in OPCODE; then apply
AIPS 1:               1           1           1           1
AIPS 1:               1           1           1           1
AIPS 1:               1           1           1           1
AIPS 1:               1           1           1           1
AIPS 1:               1           1
AIPS 1: PRTLEV        0                    Print level
AIPS 1: DOTV         -1                    TV selection (<0 -> PL file)
AIPS 1: LTYPE         3                    Plot labeling
AIPS 1: GRCHAN        0                    TV Graphics channel to use
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