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* [http://casaguides.nrao.edu/index.php?title=EVLA_Advanced_Topics_3C391 3C391 Tutorial Part 2: Image Analysis, Polarization, Self-calibration] | * [http://casaguides.nrao.edu/index.php?title=EVLA_Advanced_Topics_3C391 3C391 Tutorial Part 2: Image Analysis, Polarization, Self-calibration] | ||
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Revision as of 21:45, 21 February 2012
EVLA Tutorials
- Carbon Star IRC+10216: high frequency (36GHz), spectral line data reduction
- IRC+10216 Part 1: editing, calibration
- IRC+10216 Part 2: continuum subtraction, imaging, selfcal
- This tutorial requires to download a dataset 1.1GB in size
Calibrate and make image cubes of the line emission from this asymptotic giant branch star. This is a high-frequency EVLA dataset. Includes:
- Inspecting data; basic flagging & calibration
- Subtracting continuum emission
- Imaging the spectral lines
- Imaging the continuum
- Image analysis
- Self-calibration
- Supernova Remnant 3C391: 6cm Polarimetry and Continuum Imaging, Mosaicking
- 3C391 Tutorial Part 1: calibration, imaging
- 3C391 Tutorial Part 2: Image Analysis, Polarization, Self-calibration
- This tutorial requires to download a dataset 3.1GB in size
Calibrate EVLA full polarization data, image a mosaic of the region in full Stokes and create a spectral index map. Includes:
- Inspecting data; basic flagging
- Calibration
- Image Analysis and Manipulation
- Polarization Imaging
- Spectral Index imaging
- Self-calibration
EVLA Tutorials for more Advanced Users
- Supernova SN2010FZ: Wide-band, narrow-field imaging; C-band (5-7 GHz) \
- SN2010FZ Tutorial
- This tutorial requires to download a dataset 3.1GB in size
Calibrate and image a galaxy field for this mid-frequency EVLA observation. This includes:
- Excising RFI from the data
- Basic flagging and calibration steps
- Imaging from one spectral window to full dataset
- Using multi-scale, multi-frequency synthesis
- Image analysis
- Supernova G55.7_3.4: Wide-band, wide-field imaging; L-band (1-2 GHz)
- G55.7+3.4 Tutorial
- This tutorial requires to download a dataset 14GB in size
This low-frequency EVLA tutorial for the observation of a supernova remnant focuses on RFI excision as well as imaging wide-field and wide-fractional-bandwidth data. This includes:
- Basic flagging and evaluation
- Different methods for automatic RFI excision
- Calibrating the data
- Exploring different imaging options: widefield, multi-scale, and multi-frequency synthesis
Specific Topics
- CASA: Writing a CASA task
Presents the basics of writing a CASA task, and provides examples of tasks that will be helpful and instructive.
Other
- Data Calibration, Imaging, and Analysis - simplified for Community Day Events: EVLA high frequency Spectral Line Tutorial - CDE