GETTING START WITH SMA MIRIAD SOFTWARE



	AGENDA FOR SMA MIRIAD USERS' MEETING

	Miriad for SWARM data & Imaging techniques 2015-11-09 Cyber-telecom meeting at HST 10:00am, PST 12:00pm, MST 1:00pm and EST 3:00pm Agenda: Issue 1 - Review of previous meetings in 2015 Fall semester September 11, 2015 September 28, 2015 October 05, 2015 Issue 2 - Processing ASIC+SWARM continuum data Miriad+CASA path - Calibrations (Miriad) - Calibration script Bootstrap flux scale from a QSO Interpolate complex gains Export UVFITS to CASA Imaging (CASA) - Imaging script Import UVFITS & create MS MFS-MS imaging for wideband data A users guide - Handling new format data using the globally distributed SMA Miriad Issue 3 - Testing data for line reduction A new SWARM+ASIC data set needed Issue 4 - Regular schedule for 2015 Fall users' meeting Discussion of meeting schedule below - First Monday each month for a regular Miriad users' meeting Third Monday each month for Questions & Answers Time: HST 10:00am, PST 12:00pm, MST 1:00pm and EST 3:00pm Period: 1 hr Issue 5 - Questions and Answers for New users Handling SMA Data Miriad - Calibrations, imaging for continuum and spectral lines in general Imaging facility for submillimter and radio astronomy - Miriad - providing UVFITS for imaging elsewhere CASA AIPS Issue 6 - Development of New Imaging Technology Imaging technology from interdisciplines- physicis, nanoscience, biology and etc. Imaging algorithms & procedures - for radio/submillimeter interferometers and etc. Working progress