GETTING START WITH SMA MIRIAD SOFTWARE



	AGENDA FOR SMA MIRIAD USERS' MEETING

	Miriad for SWARM data & Imaging techniques 2015-11-23 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 November 09, 2015 Issue 2 - Adapting Tsys data from new continuum detectors Miriad implementation - How - E-mail discussion Data array for antenna-based Tsys measurements as function of frequency (every 1 GHz interval?) Create a new variable - nsystemp? or asystemp? to distinguish systemp, the default variable in Miriad Converting to Miriad - smalod Editing, Corrections & Visual display - smavarplt smablflag smafix smacheck Weighting, Calibration & Imaging - smamfcal invert Issue 3 - Testing data for new Tsys data array A new SWARM+ASIC data set needed Issue 4 - 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 5 - 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