AGENDA FOR SMA MIRIAD USERS' MEETING
 

  • Miriad for SWARM data & Imaging techniques
  • 2016-03-28 Cyber-telecom meeting at HST 9:00am, PDT 12:00pm, MDT 1:00pm and EDT 3:00pm

  • Agenda:
    • Issue 2 - Plan/progress for single distribution of SMA Miriad
      • Proposed a protocol for single distribution (SD) -
        Issue 3 of Dec 7, 2015 meeting

      • Progress report of the SD development -
        • Done with the ASIC data reduction & handling
        • Working on large volume data for SWARM

      • Distribution during the transition period -
        • Distributed globally -
          • Version: SMA Miriad 1.5.1
            • Updated date: January 28, 2016
            • Updated items:
              • Updated 2016 ephemeris -
          Distributed publicly at CfA -
          • Version: Miriad-SWARM 3.1.5
            • Updated date: Febuary 16, 2016
            • Updated items:
              • Fixed a memory-relocation issue in BP solver -
              • Tested for pre-process 2, data editing and calibrations, adding more messages for screen report -
          For users outside CfA -

    • Issue 3 - Tutoring for fresh users handling new SMA data
      • Making a continuum free uv-data set -
        • uvlin - subtract continuum emission
        • Usage:
          • set dt          = 160115
            set sb          = usb
            set rxid        = 0
            set rx          = rx${rxid}
            set fname       = "$dt""_""$rx".$sb
            set uvin        = $fname.asic.tsys.bp.a
            set lfwin       = 1,3000,3200,6144
            set targets     = N2403*
            set sline       = CO21
            set uvout       = ${dt}.${sline}.uv
            
            uvlin vis=$uvin chans=$lfwin order=1 \
                   mode=line select='source('$targets')' \
                   out=$uvout options=nowin
            
      • Imaging various molecular/atomic lines -

    • Issue 4 - Adapting 2nd SWARM quadrant data


    • Issue 5 - Questions and Answers for SMA 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 -