Towards third generation calibration in radio astronomy
MCCT SKADS/MeqTrees Workshop Nançay (Fr) - Sep. 27/Oct. 10
MCCT SKADS Mixed Workshop : http://mcct.skads-eu.org/nancay/nancay-mcct.php
SKADS Standard Set of Challenge (SSSC) : http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~ianh/SSSC/index.html
Program of Talks, Demos and Exercices
Week 1 |
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Mon |
28/09 |
Meqtree installation and building |
Oleg Smirnov: MeqTrees-Installation.pdf |
Tue |
29/09 |
Meqtree introduction |
Oleg Smirnov: pdf (Exercise: E-Jones) |
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The principles of RA data reduction |
Anna Scaife: pdf |
Wed |
30/09 |
The perils of the ionosphere |
Oleg Smirnov: pdf (Exercise: Z-Jones and F-Jones) |
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Modelling the ionosphere |
Anna Scaife: pdf |
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Theme splitting |
E-Jones, Ionosphere and fringe fitting |
Thu |
01/10 |
Calibration: 3C147 |
OlegSmirnov/3C147CalibrationTutorial (Exercice: G-Jones and B-Jones) |
Fri |
02/10 |
Student talk: Visualization with Pyplot |
Alessio: pdf see /Visualization |
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What we are trying to achieve |
Jan Noordam: pdf |
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A network of Vanguard groups |
Mario Santos: pdf |
Week 2 |
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Mon |
05/10 |
Squint, pointing, peeling and all that jazz |
Juan Uson: ppt pdf video Instructions |
Tue |
06/10 |
What's all this "Creative Commons" about? |
Duncan Hall: pdf |
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LOFAR beamshapes and their use in calibration and imaging |
Sarod Yatawatta Paper |
Wed |
07/10 |
Image simulations and the UVBrick |
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Student talk: MakeAnt & fringe fitting (correct if wrong) |
Stephen Bourke: Purr log? |
Thu |
08/10 |
Student talk: VLA Beam squint simulation |
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Student talk: Fitting for LBA beams |
Julien & Laurent: pdf |
Fri |
09/10 |
LOFAR Calibration |
Sarod: pdf |
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Student talk: PyPlot Mark 1.1 |
Alessio: pdf |
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Student talk: MWA Beam simulation |
Stewart : Purr log (tar.gz) SSSC's link |
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Closure talk |
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Open Niches
PyNode Visualization /Visualization
Simulating station beamshape (E-Jones) /StationBeamShapes
Simulating the Ionosphere /Ionosphere
Fringe Fitting: /FringeFitting
Social Program
Monday 28 Sep.: PURR Log awards
Thursday 1st Oct.: Football game.
Friday 2nd Oct.: BBQ and Visualisation script awards
Saturday 3rd Oct.: Loire Valley castle tour to Chambord and Blois.
Wednesday 7th Oct.: Restaurant Salbris
List of Participants
From left to right (Nançay): Jan Noordam (ASTRON), Oleg Smirnov (ASTRON), Shannon Jaeger (Univ. Calgary), Steve Torchinsky (OBSPM), Filipe Abdalla (UCL), Stewart Gleadow (Univ. Melbourne), Roger Deane (Oxford - Astro), Alessio Magro (University of Malta), Richard Vella (University of Malta), Fred Dulwich (Oxford - OerC), Stephen Bourke (fill), Julien Girard (OBSPM - LESIA) , Mario Santos (IST - CENTRA), Laurent Chemin (OBSPM - GEPI), Anna Scaife (Cambridge - MRAO), Wim Van Driel (OBSPM - GEPI).
SOC
- Jan Noordam (ASTRON, Chair)
- Steve Rawlings (Oxford University)
- Anna Scaife (Cambridge University)
- Oleg Smirnov (ASTRON)
- Wim van Driel (Observatoire de Paris)
LOC
- Christophe Rozière
- Steve Torchinsky
- Wim van Driel
Previous Workshop
Old workshop pages: MeqTreeWorkshop2007