CLIC
Continuum and Line Interferometer Calibration

R. Lucas

Version 4.1
(1) Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimétrique
300 Rue de la Piscine
F-38406 Saint Martin d'Hères

This document describes the calibration software for the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer. Note: this is the on-line version of the CLIC Manual. A Postscript version is also available.

Related information is available in:

• IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer: Introduction
• IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer: OBS Users Guide
• IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer: Frequency Setup
• IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer: Atmospheric Calibration
• IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer: Calibration CookBook
• IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer: Trouble Shooting
• GreG: Grenoble Graphics
• GILDAS: Grenoble Image and Line Data Analysis Software
• SIC: Simple Interpretor of Commands

  
  

  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Commands
  • Data Access
    • Data Storage and Retrieval
    • Data Display
      • Time-like plots
      • Spectral-like plots
  • Data Calibration Steps
    • Real Time Calibration
    • A First Look at the Data
    • Phase Calibration
      • Determining the calibration curve
      • Storing the Phase Calibration Curves
    • Amplitude Calibration
      • Solving for fluxes
      • Determining the calibration curve
      • Storing the Amplitude Calibration Curves
    • RF Passband Calibration
      • Determining the passband curves
      • Storing the passband curves
    • Editing the Data
      • Variables
      • Flags
  • Calibrating the Interferometer
    • Delay determination
    • Baseline Calibration
    • Reduction of Pointing and Focussing Scans
    • Reduction of Skydip Scans
  • A Few Receipes
    • Finding the best delay offsets
    • Baseline determination
      • a rough, simple way
      • more sophisticated
  • Producing Images
    • Creating a UV Table
    • Going AIPS
    • Mapping facilities in GILDAS
  • CLIC Language Internal Help
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • CHECK
    • COMPRESS
    • COPY
    • CURSOR
    • DROP
    • DUMP
    • FILE
    • FIND
    • FITS
    • FLAG
    • GET
    • HEADER
    • IGNORE
    • LIST
    • MARK
    • MASK
    • MINMAX
    • MONITOR
    • MODIFY
      • MODIFY BASELINE
      • MODIFY ANTENNA
      • MODIFY DELAY
      • MODIFY FLUX
      • MODIFY FOCUS
      • MODIFY SCALE
      • MODIFY DOPPLER
      • MODIFY FREQUENCIES
      • MODIFY OBJECT
      • MODIFY POSITION
      • MODIFY TIME
      • MODIFY REFERENCE
      • MODIFY VELOCITY
      • MODIFY HEADER
      • MODIFY DATA
      • MODIFY PHASE_SIGN
      • MODIFY AXES
      • MODIFY BUG
    • NEW_DATA
    • PLOT
    • PRINT
    • RESIDUALS
    • SAVE
    • SET
      • SET AMPLITUDE
      • SET ANGLE
      • SET ANTENNAS
      • SET AVERAGING
      • SET ASPECT_RATIO
      • SET ATMOSPHERE
      • SET BANDS
      • SET BASELINES
      • SET BINNING
      • SET CLOSURE
      • SET CRITERIA
      • SET /DEFAULT
      • SET DATA
      • SET DEFAULT
      • SET DROP
      • SET ERRORS
      • SET EXTENSION
      • SET FLUX
      • SET FORMAT
      • SET FREQUENCY
      • SET GAIN_IMAGE
      • SET GIBBS
      • SET HOUR_ANGLE
      • SET IC
      • SET LEVEL
      • SET LINE
      • SET MODE
      • SET NUMBER
      • SET OBSERVED
      • SET OFFSETS
      • SET PC
      • SET PHASE
      • SET PLANET
      • SET PLOT
      • SET PROCEDURE
      • SET PROJECT
      • SET QUALITY
      • SET RANGE
      • SET RECEIVER
      • SET RECORD
      • SET REDUCED
      • SET REFERENCE
      • SET RF_PASSBAND
      • SET SCAN
      • SET SELECTION
      • SET SPECTRUM
      • SET SOURCE
      • SET SORT
      • SET STEP
      • SET SUBBANDS
      • SET TELESCOPE
      • SET TREC
      • SET TREC
      • SET TRIANGLE
      • SET TYPE
      • SET X
      • SET Y
      • SET WATER
      • SET WEIGHTS
      • SET COPY
    • SHOW
    • SOLVE
      • SOLVE AMPLITUDE
      • SOLVE HOLOGRAPHY
      • SOLVE BASELINE
      • SOLVE DELAY
      • SOLVE FLUX
      • SOLVE FOCUS
      • SOLVE GAIN
      • SOLVE PHASE
      • SOLVE POINTING
      • SOLVE FIVE
      • SOLVE TOTAL
      • SOLVE RF_PASSBAND
      • SOLVE SKYDIP
    • STORE
      • STORE AMPLITUDE
      • STORE CORRECTION
      • STORE FLAG
      • STORE FLUX
      • STORE PHASE
      • STORE QUALITY
      • STORE RF_PASSBAND
    • TABLE
    • TAG
    • VARIABLES
      • VARIABLES READ_WRITE
      • VARIABLES GENERAL
      • VARIABLES POSITION
      • VARIABLES CONFIG
      • VARIABLES RF_SETUP
      • VARIABLES CONTINUUM
      • VARIABLES LINE
      • VARIABLES SCANNING
      • VARIABLES ATMOSPHERE
      • VARIABLES DESCRIPTOR
      • VARIABLES DATA_HEADER
      • VARIABLES DATA_RECORD
  • Index