VSOP: The VLBI Space Observatory Programme |
VSOP Survey Working Group
Data Reduction Meeting
July 10, 12, 13 1999
ISAS, Japan
(This page last updated on 7 September 1999; JEJL)
Action Items Arising |
A. Data Reduction:
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Revise AIPS guidelines w/ examples (e.g. VS03l) and standard recipes; update misc. standard parameter values, AIPS scripts | Moellenbrock |
Revise Difmap guidelines and macros
- '11'-step procedure - 30 sec averaging - selfant to up-weight HALCA - Add phase difference plot in corplot. [DONE] - etc. |
Lovell |
snedit.pl: Write SN table without flagged solutions | Lovell/Langston |
SHEVE GRT Tsys data to ANTAB format | Tingay |
Generate HALCA Tsys/Gain data | Moellenbrock |
Develop automatic modelfit script | Tingay/Lovell |
Difwrap enhancements:
- Save plots as postscript - Write a file as models are tested - Cube with NxMxL size - Positive ranges of flux density, SMA etc. - Ability to type in min and max when selecting search ranges - Fit options other than "Model fit only" don't work at JPL. Problem? - Show Number of grid points correctly - Include a selfant GUI |
Lovell |
Modelfitting error analysis | Fomalont |
Penticton Fringe-searching software generalization | Moellenbrock |
B. Organizational:
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Prioritize reduction of 2-GRT experiments and provide feedback to scheduler (some have already been rescheduled) | All |
Updates to survey webpage/database
- "Results available" section needs fixing on experiment details page - Links to sniffer plots from VLBA? - Establish file format for input of time ranges, antennas and tracking stations for GOT extractions. - Add table entries for the above if it's a GOT extraction - Add links to the RSF files from web pages - Database search based on Analyst - ASCII output of experiment summaries - extra text to describe where the tapes are in experiment table. - Include VLBA PLS data - Update ATCA data |
Lovell |
Review entire survey observation list, especially clarify all survey extractions, multiples, and missing tapes. Send extraction requests to correlators. | Moellenbrock, Lovell/Fomalont |
Remind analysts of the details of commitments | Moellenbrock/Lovell |
With survey observation list corrected where necessary, distribute one-page survey statisticssummary and maintain an up-to-date version on the website. | Moellenbrock/Edwards |
Determine which GOT PI's should get survey data according to AO and send it | Edwards |
Survey data facts/histograms on web | Moellenbrock |
Agenda
(last
updated 1 July 1999)
Saturday July 10
09:00 Review of goals of VSOP Survey
1) The scientific goals [Hirabayashi]
2) The organizational goals for data access.
How we hope the
mission and scientists
over the world will interact with
the results. [Hirabayashi]
3) How will the Survey be published? [Hirabayashi,
Fomalont]
09:30 Organization of Survey [Lovell]
1) Management plan
2) Survey Coordinator tasks
09:45 Survey scheduling summary: status and prospects. [Fomalont,
Horiuchi, Moellenbrock]
1) General statistics about observations made
and planned
through April 2000.
2) How to continue?
3) Quality of Survey observations?
10:30 Regional reports on data analysis progess (10 min each maximum)
- JPL [Tingay]
- NRAO [Moellenbrock, Fomalont]
- Canada [Scott]
- Japan [Horiuchi]
- Australia [Dodson]
- Europe [Gurvits]
11:20 Future data reduction plans [Moellenbrock]
- Brief overview of data reduction path.
- Overall plan for completing Survey data reduction
- Realistic commitments over the next 6 months.
How many experiments
will be reduced in the next 6 months?
- Distribution of data amongst data analysts
How should this
be done?
12:00 Review of Agenda for Monday and Tuesday
12:10 Lunch. Rest of day free.
Sunday July 11
Free day.
o Visit Kamakura?
o Climb Mt Fuji?
o Visit central Tokyo.
o Watch the Sumo.
o Informal Survey discussions?
See also:
o Japan information network - maps, statistics, news and lots of other stuff.
o Japan Web Guide
Please find adequate web page using keywords above.
Monday July 12
9:00: Pre-imaging/Modeling steps (AIPS): [Moellenbrock]
- FITLD (correlator dependence of some params)
- MSORT
- INDXR (CL interval)
- OBTAB (needed?)
- FIXWT (other options? importance?)
- documentation/examination
- ACCOR (correlator dependence)
- ANTAB/APCAL (nominal Tsys; avail of real measurements)
- FRING (FFT/LLS, stacking, ANTWT, etc., etc.)
- BPASS (desired/needed?)
- CALIB (needed? for GRTs only maybe?)
- SPLIT (average chns/IFs?)
- FITTP
- Basic data product extraction?
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Imaging/model fitting steps (Difmap): [Lovell]
- Using Difmap with extensions for VSOP
- VS03l:
- Similarities and differences
in final results. Are we getting
consistent results?
- Imaging (use of weighting,
phase/amplitude selfcal)
- Different model fitting
approaches and effects on Tb estimates
- Are the results consistent?
- Other imaging/model fitting issues.
16:00 Tests and trials as needed.
17:00 - End of day.
Tuesday July 13
9:00 Overlap/review from Monday. (Flexible time)
10:00 Special topics:
- Comparison of Survey vs. GOT extraction [Piner
/ Lister]
- Survey database and web site [Lovell / Horiuchi]
- Fringe-fitting [Moellenbrock]
- Rescheduling discussion (maybe push this to
afternoon?)
- Incorporating non-HALCA
data. Status and work needed/planned
(VLBA 5GHz and 15 GHz, ATCA and VLA flux monitoring)
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Dataset commitments and distribution.
15:00 Review and action items.
17:00 End of meeting. Dinner at Cajun restaurant in Machida?
Australia
Richard Dodson
Dave Jauncey (first day only)
Jim Lovell
Canada
Sean Dougherty
Bill Scott
Russ Taylor (first day only)
Europe (JIVE)
Leonid Gurvits
Japan (ISAS)
Max Avruch
Phil Edwards
Hirax Hirabayashi
Y. Murata
K. Wajima
Japan (NAO, Mitaka)
S. Horiuchi
Eric Shen
USA (JPL)
Matt Lister
Dave Murphy
Glenn Piner
Bob Preston (first day only)
Steven Tingay
USA (NRAO)
Ed Fomalont
George Moellenbrock
Jon Romney (first day only)
A good description of how to get from Narita Airport to ISAS is here.