General Documentation on Self-Calibration
Old document on the LOFAR configuration, J.E. Noordam, March 2001 (JEN_config.pdf)
Old station processing document, J.E. Noordam, 2001/2002? (JEN_station.pdf)
Old document on the LOFAR configuration, J.E. Noordam, March 2001 (JEN_config.pdf)
Old station processing document, J.E. Noordam, 2001/2002? (JEN_station.pdf)
LOFAR Calibration CDR (16 and 17 november 2005)
LOFAR CDR document LOFAR calibration strategy, J.E. Noordam (LOFAR_CDR.pdf)
A collection of overhead slides, J.E. Noordam (JEN_slides.pdf)
Conferences
ADASS 2005
LOFAR Self-Calibration using a Local Sky Model, R.J. Nijboer, J.E. Noordam, S.B. Yatawatta (Paper57.pdf, Poster57.pdf)
Meq Parm: Parameter handling in the Meq Tree system, M. Mevius, O.M. Smirnov, J.E. Noordam (Paper78.pdf)
Implementing arbitrary Measurement Equations with the Meq Tree module, O.M. Smirnov, J.E. Noordam (Paper173.pdf)
ADASS 2004
The LOFAR Global Sky Model: some design challenges, O.M. Smirnov, J.E. Noordam (Paper018.pdf)
SPIE 2004
LOFAR Calibration Challenges, J.E. Noordam (JEN_SPIE_2004.pdf)
SKA Penticton 2004
LOFAR / SKA Source Subtraction, Poster J.E. Noordam (JEN_Penticton_Poster.pdf))
ICASSP 2005
Calibration, Sensitivity, and RFI Mitigation Requirements for LOFAR, A.J. Boonstra, S.J. Wijnholds, S. van der Tol, B. Jeffs (ICASSP_2005.pdf)
Self-Calibration
Overview document, J.E. Noordam, 2001???? (needs to be updated?) (JEN_Cal.pdf)
Overview document, J.E. Noordam, 2001???? (needs to be updated?) (JEN_Cal.pdf)
Measurement Equation
Understanding Radio Polarimetry. I. Mathematical foundations, J.P. Hamaker, J.D. Bregman, R.J. Sault, Astron. Astrophys. Supll. Ser. 1996 (JPH_Paper1.pdf)
Understanding Radio Polarimetry. II. Instrumental calibration of an interferometer array, R.J. Sault, J.P. Hamaker, J.D. Bregman, Astron. Astrophys. Supll. Ser. 1996 (JPH_Paper2.pdf)
Understanding Radio Polarimetry. III. Interpreting the IAU/IEEE definitions of the Stokes parameters, J.P. Hamaker, J.D. Bregman, Astron. Astrophys. Supll. Ser. 1996 (JPH_Paper3.pdf)
Understanding Radio Polarimetry. IV. The full coherency analogue of scalar self-calibration: Self-alignment, dynamic range and polarimetric fidelity, Astron. Astrophys. Supll. Ser. 2000 (JPH_Paper4.pdf)
The Measurement Equation of a generic radio telescope, AIPS++ Implementation note 185, J.E. Noordam (JEN_aips++_185.pdf)
Peeling
Peeling the Visibility Onion, J.E. Noordam, 2002??? (needs to be updated) (JEN_Peeling.pdf)
Presentation at the Self-Cal Open Dag september 2004, T.A. Oosterloo (TAO_Myriad_Peeling.pdf)
Presentation at the SKA WFI workshop 2005 about the mathematical analysis of the Peeling algorithm, B.D Jeffs, S. van der Tol (Jeffs_Peeling.pdf)
Minimum Ionosphere Model
Documument describing the MIM, J.E. Noordam, Mar. 2005 (needs to be updated) (JEN_MIM.pdf)
Presentation at the SKA WFI Workshop 2005, J.E. Noordam (JEN_WFI_MIM.pdf)
Poster at the URSI 2006, J.M. Anderson, H.J. van Langevelde, R.M. Campbell, J.E. Noordam (JMA_URSI_MIM.pdf)
Global Sky Model
Developing GSM concepts in PSS4, O.M. Smirnov, Aug. 2003 (GSM_prototype.pdf)
Local Sky Model
Functional description of the LSM, J.E. Noordam, R.J. Nijboer, Jul. 2005 (JEN_LSM_functional.pdf)
Description of the implementation of the LSM, R.J. Nijboer, J.E. Noordam, Jul. 2005 (RJN_LSM_implementation.pdf)
UVBricks
Outdated document desribing the implementation of the UV-Brick based on wavelengths, R.J. Nijboer, Apr. 2005 (RJN_UVBrick1.pdf)
Document desribing the implementation of the UV-Brick based on meters (needs to be updated), R.J. Nijboer, Aug. 2005 (RJN_UVBrick2.pdf)
Meq Parm
Functional description of the Meq Parm (needs to be updated?), J.E. Noordam, M. Mevius, Jul. 2005 (JEN_Parm.pdf)
Bandpass calibration
Document on Bandpass Calibration (needs to be updated?), J.E. Noordam, Oct. 2005 (JEN_bandpass.pdf)
Image Plane Effects
Solving for antenna based pointing errors, S. Bhatnagar, T.J. Corwell, K. Golap, EVLA memo 84, 2003 (EVLA_memo_84.pdf)
Bandpass Sawtooth Ripple (BSR) effect
Document on the BSR effect, J.E. Noordam, Apr. 2004 (JEN_BSR.pdf)
LAR Simulations
Presentation at the SKA WFI Workshop 2005, A.G. Willis (AGW_LAR_simulations.pdf)
Operation 343
Presentation the Self-Cal Open Dag of May 2005, M.A. Brentjes (MAB_343_OpenDag.pdf)
Document describing the reduction steps, M.A. Brentjes (MAB_343_description.pdf)
Document on the amount of processing, M.A. Brentjes (MAB_343_processing.pdf)
Meq Tree vs. BBS
Outdated document describing issues of importance to the Meq Tree and BBS teams, R.J. Nijboer, Mar. 2005 (RJN_MeqTree_BBS.pdf)
Meq Tree Module
PSS5 document, J.E. Noordam, Nov. 2004 (outdated) (JEN_PSS5.pdf)
Design document of the Meq Tree Kernel, O.M. Smirnov, Jan. 2005 (OMS_Kernel_design.pdf)
Meq Tree for Dummies, A.G. Willis, Jan. 2005 (AGW_MeqTree_Dummies.pdf)
Presentation the Self-Cal Open Dag of May 2005, M.A. Brentjes (MAB_343_OpenDag.pdf)
Document describing the reduction steps, M.A. Brentjes (MAB_343_description.pdf)
Document on the amount of processing, M.A. Brentjes (MAB_343_processing.pdf)
Outdated document describing issues of importance to the Meq Tree and BBS teams, R.J. Nijboer, Mar. 2005 (RJN_MeqTree_BBS.pdf)
Meq Tree Module
PSS5 document, J.E. Noordam, Nov. 2004 (outdated) (JEN_PSS5.pdf)
Design document of the Meq Tree Kernel, O.M. Smirnov, Jan. 2005 (OMS_Kernel_design.pdf)
Meq Tree for Dummies, A.G. Willis, Jan. 2005 (AGW_MeqTree_Dummies.pdf)
PSS5 document, J.E. Noordam, Nov. 2004 (outdated) (JEN_PSS5.pdf)
Design document of the Meq Tree Kernel, O.M. Smirnov, Jan. 2005 (OMS_Kernel_design.pdf)
Meq Tree for Dummies, A.G. Willis, Jan. 2005 (AGW_MeqTree_Dummies.pdf)