[evlatests] Some Good WIDAR news
Eric Greisen
egreisen at nrao.edu
Tue Aug 4 15:56:43 EDT 2009
BPASS in AIPS divides the data by a model computed correctly at each
channel. If I understand correctly, Rick ran BPASS averaging the
divided data over all times (6+ hours) to make a basic BP table.
Applying just that table results in no symmetrization. Then Rick
averaged up some channels and ran BPASS again, asking for solutions
every 15 sec. It is only at this point that he began to see some
strange symmetrical things. User error - including averaging too many
channels - is what Rick suspects is the cause. Exactly what error
remains to be elucidated.
But it is not BPASS making a gross fundamental error. Note that if
BPASS got it wrong then all other aips tasks would also have it wrong -
IMAGR, CALIB, etc etc
Eric Greisen
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