[daip] [!6218]: aips - BPASS issue

Gisela Ortiz do-not-reply at nrao.edu
Wed Feb 18 19:14:14 EST 2015


Gisela Ortiz updated #6218
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BPASS issue
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           Ticket ID: 6218
                 URL: https://help.nrao.edu/staff/index.php?/Tickets/Ticket/View/6218
           Full Name: Gisela Ortiz
               Email: g.ortiz at crya.unam.mx
             Creator: User
          Department: AIPS Data Processing
       Staff (Owner): -- Unassigned --
                Type: Issue
              Status: Open
            Priority: Default
                 SLA: NRAO E2E
      Template Group: Default
             Created: 19 February 2015 12:14 AM
             Updated: 19 February 2015 12:14 AM
                 Due: 24 February 2015 12:14 AM (5d 0h 0m)
      Resolution Due: 02 March 2015 12:14 AM (11d 0h 0m)



Hello,

I'm working on VLBA data taken at 3mm. I'm trying to run BPASS on the data set, with the parameters as indicated below.

The bandpass solutions look pretty good (figure1). I'm just plotting the first IF out of 16 for illustration. 

Then I'm applying the BP table to the data with the task POSSM. The thing is, I'm seeing a funny behaviour at the edges of the bands (figure2). 
I'd like to correct this if possible because my spectral line lies in one of those channels that are affected.

I've tried with different SOLINT and TIMERANG times, from 10 seconds to the whole observation, obtaining the same results.

I'd appreciate your help to figure out what's happening here.



AIPS 1: BPASS     Task to generate a "Bandpass" (BP) table.
AIPS 1: Adverbs     Values                 Comments
AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
AIPS 1: INNAME     'BD180D SRC0'           Input UV file name (name)
AIPS 1: INCLASS    'UVDATA'                Input UV file name (class)
AIPS 1: INSEQ         1                    Input UV file name (seq. #)
AIPS 1: INDISK        1                    Input UV file disk unit #
AIPS 1:
AIPS 1:                                    Data Selection
AIPS 1: CALSOUR    '3C279'                 Bandpass calibrator sources.
AIPS 1:            *rest ' '
AIPS 1: QUAL         -1                    Calibrator qualifier -1=>all
AIPS 1: CALCODE    ' '                     Calibrator code '    '=>all
AIPS 1: UVRANGE       0           0        UV range to select
AIPS 1: TIMERANG      0           2        Time range to select
AIPS 1:              15           0           0           2
AIPS 1:              17           0
AIPS 1: SELBAND      -1                    Bandwidth to select (kHz)
AIPS 1: SELFREQ      -1                    Frequency to select (MHz)
AIPS 1: FREQID       -1                    Freq. ID to select.
AIPS 1: SUBARRAY      0                    Subarray, 0=>all
AIPS 1: ANTENNAS   *all 0                  Antennas to select
AIPS 1:
AIPS 1:                                    CLEAN map (optional)
AIPS 1: IN2NAME    ' '                     Cleaned map name (name)
AIPS 1: IN2CLASS   ' '                     Cleaned map name (class)
AIPS 1: IN2SEQ        0                    Cleaned map name (seq. #)
AIPS 1: IN2DISK       0                    Cleaned map disk unit #
AIPS 1: INVERS        0                    CC file version #.
AIPS 1: NCOMP      *all 0                  # comps to use for model.
AIPS 1:                                    1 value per field
AIPS 1: FLUX          0                    Lowest CC component used.
AIPS 1: NMAPS         0                    No. Clean map files
AIPS 1: CMETHOD    ' '                     Modeling method:
AIPS 1:                                    'DFT','GRID','    '
AIPS 1: CMODEL     ' '                     Model type: 'COMP','IMAG'
AIPS 1:                                    'SUBI' (see HELP re images)
AIPS 1: SMODEL     *all 0                  Source model, 1=flux,2=x,3=y
AIPS 1:                                    See HELP SMODEL for details.
AIPS 1:
AIPS 1:                                    Control options
AIPS 1: DOCALIB      -1                    > 0 calibrate data & weights
AIPS 1:                                    > 99 do NOT calibrate weights
AIPS 1: GAINUSE       0                    CL table to apply (SN table
AIPS 1:                                    to apply to single-source)
AIPS 1: DOPOL        -1                    If >0 correct polarization.
AIPS 1: PDVER         0                    PD table to apply (DOPOL>0)
AIPS 1: BLVER        -1                    BL table to apply.
AIPS 1: FLAGVER       0                    Flag table version
AIPS 1: DOBAND       -1                    If >0 apply bandpass cal.
AIPS 1:                                    Method used depends on value
AIPS 1:                                    of DOBAND (see HELP file).
AIPS 1: BPVER        -1                    Bandpass table version
AIPS 1: SOLINT        2                    Solution interval (mins)
AIPS 1:                                    -1 => do whole time range
AIPS 1: SOLTYPE    ' '                     Soln type,'  ','L1','GCON',
AIPS 1:                                       'R', 'L1R', 'GCOR'
AIPS 1: REFANT        3                    Reference antenna
AIPS 1: OUTVERS       0                    Output BP table version
AIPS 1:                                    0 => a new table to be
AIPS 1:                                         generated.
AIPS 1: SMOOTH     *all 0                  Smoothing function.
AIPS 1:                                    BE VERY CAREFUL HERE.
AIPS 1: ANTWT      *all 0                  Ant. wts (0 => 1.)
AIPS 1: WEIGHTIT      0                    Modify data weights function
AIPS 1: MINAMPER      0                    Amplitude closure error
AIPS 1:                                    regarded as excessive in %
AIPS 1: MINPHSER      0                    Phase closure error regarded
AIPS 1:                                    as excessive in degrees
AIPS 1: BPASSPRM      1           0        Control information:
AIPS 1:               0           0        1: if > 0 use only the
AIPS 1:               1           0           autocorrelation data.
AIPS 1:               0           0        2: print level - see help
AIPS 1:               1           1        3: If > 0 do not divide data
AIPS 1:               0                       by source model
AIPS 1:                                    4: If > 0 store phases only
AIPS 1:                                       in the BP table.  If < 0
AIPS 1:                                       store amplitudes only.
AIPS 1:                                    5: Divide by 'channel 0'
AIPS 1:                                       **** CHANGED MAY 2010 ****
AIPS 1:                                    6: amp closure error limit -
AIPS 1:                                       print channels averaging
AIPS 1:                                       over this if (2) > 0
AIPS 1:                                    7: phase closure error limit
AIPS 1:                                       print channels averaging
AIPS 1:                                       over this if (2) > 0
AIPS 1:                                    8: > 0 => scalar average
AIPS 1:                                    9: > 0 => interpolate over
AIPS 1:                                       flagged channels if poss.
AIPS 1:                                    10:1 => normalize amplitudes
AIPS 1:                                         using all channels
AIPS 1:                                       2 => normalize amplitudes
AIPS 1:                                         using ICHANSEL channels
AIPS 1:                                       3 => normalize amplitudes
AIPS 1:                                         and zero average phase
AIPS 1:                                         using ICHANSEL channels
AIPS 1:                                       4 => normalize amplitudes
AIPS 1:                                         and zero average phase
AIPS 1:                                         using all channels
AIPS 1:                                       0 => no deliberate norm.
AIPS 1:                                    11: > 0 solution weights are
AIPS 1:                                       independent of channel
AIPS 1:                                       = -1 weights scaled
AIPS 1:                                         by amplitude**2
AIPS 1:                                       < -1.5 weights scaled by
AIPS 1:                                         1 / amplitude**2
AIPS 1: ICHANSEL   *all 0                  Array of start and stop chan
AIPS 1:                                    numbers, plus a channel
AIPS 1:                                    increment and IF to be used
AIPS 1:                                    to select channels to sum to
AIPS 1:                                    find a 'channel 0'.  If all
AIPS 1:                                    0, range set to inner 75% of
AIPS 1:                                    observing band.
AIPS 1: SPECINDX      0                    Spectral index to correct
AIPS 1:                                       for first cal; 0 -> fit
AIPS 1: SPECURVE   *all 0                  Spectral index curvature
AIPS 1:                                    'Channel 0' uv-data
AIPS 1: IN3NAME    ' '                     Channel 0 uv name (name)
AIPS 1:                                    must be '' to suppress option
AIPS 1: IN3CLASS   ' '                     Channel 0 uv name (class)
AIPS 1:                                    must be '' to suppress option
AIPS 1: IN3SEQ        0                    Channel 0 uv name (seq. #)
AIPS 1: IN3DISK       0                    Channel 0 uv disk unit #
AIPS 1: BADDISK    *all 0                  Disks to avoid for scratch





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