AIPS NRAO AIPS HELP file for FRPLT in 31DEC24



As of Tue Mar 19 3:33:44 2024


FRPLT: Task to plot fringe rate spectra.

INPUTS

USERID                             User number - ignored
INNAME                             Input UV file name (name)
INCLASS                            Input UV file name (class)
INSEQ             0.0     9999.0   Input UV file name (seq. #)
INDISK            0.0        9.0   Input UV file disk unit #
SRCNAME                            Source name
QUAL            -10.0              Source qualifier -1=>all
CALCODE                            Source code '    '=>all
SELBAND                            Bandwidth to select (kHz)
SELFREQ                            Frequency to select (MHz)
FREQID                             Freq. ID to select.
UVRANGE                            UV range to be plotted
TIMERANG                           Time range to be plotted
STOKES                             Stokes type to select.
BIF               0.0      100.0   Lowest IF number 0=>all
EIF               0.0      100.0   Highest IF number 0=>all
BCHAN             0.0     2048.0   Lowest channel number 0=>all
ECHAN             0.0     2048.0   Highest channel number 0=>all
SUBARRAY          0.0     1000.0   Subarray, 0=>all
ANTENNAS                           Antennas to select
BASELINE                           Baselines with ANTENNAS
DOACOR           -1.0        1.0   Include autocorrelations?
DOCALIB          -1.0      101.0   > 0 calibrate data & weights
                                   > 99 do NOT calibrate weights
GAINUSE                            CL (or SN) table to apply
DOPOL            -1.0       10.0   If >0 correct polarization.
PDVER                              PD table to apply (DOPOL>0)
BLVER                              BL table to apply.
FLAGVER                            Flag table version
DOBAND           -1.0       10.0   If >0 apply bandpass cal.
                                   Method used depends on value
                                   of DOBAND (see HELP file).
BPVER                              Bandpass table version
SMOOTH                             Smoothing function. See
                                   HELP SMOOTH for details.
SHIFT                              Position shift:
                                   RA, Dec (arcsec)
                                   0 => no shift
APARM                              Control information:
                                   1: pre-average interval (sec)
                                      = 0 => 2 sec
                                   2: = 0 => self-scale
                                      > 0 => fixed scale
                                       (use APARM(3-6))
                                   3: min. amplitude
                                   4: max. amplitude
                                   5: min. phase (degrees)
                                   6: max. phase
                                   7: plot type
                                      = 0 fringe rate spectrum
                                      = 1 visibility vs time
                                   8: zero padding for FFT
                                        0, 1 =>  no padding
                                        2 =>  N zeroes
                                        3 => 2N zeroes etc.
                                   9 > 0 => plot several IF's
                                     and/or polarizations
                                     together as though one
                                     long spectrum (see HELP)
                                   10 = 1 => phase only,
                                      = 2 => ampl only
CODETYPE                           'A&P ', 'AMP ', 'PHAS',
                                   'R&I ', 'REAL', 'IMAG'
                                   other => 'A&P '
POLPLOT                            Option to display various
                                   combinations of polzns to
                                   plot: see help for allowed
                                   values; other => this option
                                   is not used.
SOLINT                             If SOLINT > 0 then it enables
                                   the user to make multiple
                                   plots per pass of FRPLT.
                                   It defines the time interval
                                   for each individual plot.
                                   Task will start at TIMERANG
                                   and make a plot for every
                                   SOLINT minutes. If SOLINT
                                   = -1 will do the same but
                                   will step by  scans if NX
                                   table is present.
NPLOTS            0.0       9.0    Number of plots per page
BPARM                              More control information:
                                   1: If = 1 divide by 'channel
                                      0' before plotting data.
                                      0 => do not divide.
                                   2: Start chn. of 'channel 0'
                                      (0 => determined by FRPLT)
                                   3: Stop chn. of 'channel 0'
                                      (0 => determined by FRPLT)
                                   4: ignore spectrum when ampl.
                                      channel 0 < BPARM(4) Jy
                                   5: Xmin if APARM(2) > 0
                                   6; Xmax if APARM(2) > 0
                                   7-9: unused
                                   10: =1 => don't write header
                                   info when writing to outfile
                                   useful for appending several
                                   spectra into a single outfile
                                   [see EXPLAIN FRPLT]
OUTTEXT                            Filename in which to write
                                   spectrum. Default = ' ' =
                                   do not write spectrum.
LTYPE        -410.0       410.0    Type of labeling: 1 border,
                                   2 no ticks, 3 - 6 standard,
                                   7 - 10 only tick labels
                                   <0 -> no date/time
FACTOR                             Scale plus signs by FACTOR
BADDISK           0.0     9999.0   Disks to avoid for scratch
DOTV           -1.0         1.0    > 0 Do plot on the TV, else
                                   make a plot file
GRCHAN          0.0         8.0    Graphics channel 0 => 1.

HELP SECTION

FRPLT
Type:  Task
Use:   Plots fringe-rate spectra over specified periods of time either
       on the TV or in a plot file.  The data to be plotted can be
       selected using a variety of criteria e.g. UVRANGE, TIMERANG,
       and/or by selecting data from various baselines using the
       ANTENNAS and BASELINE adverbs.  Calibration and flagging can be
       applied to the data before the spectrum is generated.  The
       program will work with single-source data files, or
       multi-source files.  Multiple plots may be placed on a page
       using the adverb NPLOTS.  Multiple IFs and/or polarizations may
       be plotted as one long spectrum (correctly separated and
       labeled).  The data can be averaged over a range of frequency
       channels within a given IF before the fringe rate spectrum is
       generated.  The FFT can be padded optionally with zeroes and is
       computed with uniform weighting.  The data can also be
       pre-averaged over time.

       The fringe frequency range of the plot is controlled be the
       time range specified for the time interval.  The start time may
       be adjusted for the actual start time of the data (SOLINT > 0)
       but the end time will be the lesser of the start time + SOLINT
       and the specified end time.  When time samples in the interval
       do not contain data samples, the data are interpolated.  It is
       probably not good to have the end time well past the actual end
       of the selected data.  This invents data - use APARM(8) to have
       finer sampling via zero-padding of the FFT.  Note too that
       SOLINT=-1 sets the time range to that time range in the index
       (NX) table and is not adjusted for the actual times of the data
       samples within the scan.  The X-axis range is, by default, set
       by the number of samples in the time interval and will change
       slightly if the number of times included changes.  You may
       force a fixed X-axis range if desired (primarily to compare two
       or more plots).
Adverbs:
  USERID.....Input file user number.  Ignored
  INNAME.....Input UV file name (name).      Standard defaults.
  INCLASS....Input UV file name (class).     Standard defaults.
  INSEQ......Input UV file name (seq. #).    0 => highest.
  INDISK.....Disk drive # of input UV file.  0 => any.
  SRCNAME....Source name; must be specified if the data are in a
             multi-source file.
  QUAL.......Only sources with a source qualifier number in the SU
             table matching QUAL will be used if QUAL is not -1.
  CALCODE....Sources may be selected on the basis of the source code:
                  '    ' => any source code selected
                  '*   ' => any non blank code
                  '-CAL' => blank codes only (no calibrators)
                  anything else = source code to select.
             NB: The CALCODE test is applied in addition to the other
             tests, i.e. SOURCE and QUAL, in the selection of sources
             to be included.
  SELBAND....Bandwidth of data to be selected. If more than one IF is
             present SELBAND is the width of the first IF required.
             Units = kHz, 0=> all
  SELFREQ....Frequency of data to be selected. If more than one IF is
             present SELFREQ is the frequency of the first IF required.
             Units = MHz, 0=> all
  FREQID.....Frequency identifier to select (you may determine which
             is applicable from the OPTYPE='SCAN' listing produced by
             LISTR. If either SELBAND or SELFREQ are set their values
             override that of FREQID, however setting SELBAND and
             SELFREQ may occasionally result in an ambiguity, in which
             case the task will request that you use FREQID.
  UVRANGE....Range (min, max) of projected baselines to include
             0,0 => all baselines (units: klamda)
  TIMERANG...Time range of the data to be selected. In order: Start
             day, hour, min. sec, end day, hour, min. sec. Days
             relative to ref. date. start >= stop means get the start
             and or stop times from the data themselves.
  STOKES.....The desired Stokes type of the output data:
             'I','V','Q','U','IQU','IQUV','IV','RR','LL','RL',
             'LR','HALF' (=RR,LL), 'FULL' (=RR,LL,RL,LR)
  BIF........First IF to plot. 0=>all.
  EIF........Highest IF to plot. 0=>all higher than BIF
  BCHAN......First channel to select. 0=>all.
  ECHAN......Highest channel to select.  0 => max
             If ECHAN>BCHAN then the data are averaged over the range
             of frequency channels BCHAN-ECHAN within a given IF
             before the fringe rate spectrum is generated.
  SUBARRAY...Subarray number to select. 0=>all.
  ANTENNAS...A list of the antennas to be plotted.  If any number is
             negative then all antennas listed are NOT to be plotted
             and all others are.
  BASELINE...Baselines between antennas named in ANTENNAS and those
             named in BASELINE are selected.  There are four possible
             combinations of ANTENNAS and BASELINE:
             1. ANTENNAS = 0; BASELINE = 0.
                All possible baselines are selected.
             2. ANTENNAS <>0; BASELINE = 0.
                a)All ANTENNAS > 0
                  Baselines including an antenna in the ANTENNAS list
                  are selected;
                b)Some ANTENNAS < 0
                  All baselines NOT including an antenna in the ANTENNAS
                  list are selected;
             3. ANTENNAS = 0; BASELINE <> 0.
                a)All BASELINE > 0
                  Baselines including an antenna in the BASELINE list
                  are selected;
                b)Some BASELINE < 0
                  All baselines NOT including an antenna in the BASELINE
                  list are selected;
             4. ANTENNAS <> 0; BASELINE <> 0.
                a)All ANTENNAS>0 and all BASELINE>0
                  Baselines between antennas named in ANTENNAS and those
                  named in BASELINE are selected.
                b)Some ANTENNAS<0 .OR. some BASELINE<0
                  Baselines between antennas named in ANTENNAS  and
                  those named in BASELINE are DE-selected, all others
                  are selected.
  DOACOR.....> 0 => Include auto-correlations.  If NPLOTS > 0, this
             will include autocorrelation "baselines" as well as the
             cross-correlations.  If NPLOTS <= 0, DOACOR > 0 will
             include only autocorrelations in the single plot.  DOACOR
             <= 0 will include only cross-correlations.
  DOCALIB....If true (>0), calibrate the data using information in the
             specified Cal (CL) table for multi-source or SN table for
             single-source data.  Also calibrate the weights unless
             DOCALIB > 99 (use this for old non-physical weights).
  GAINUSE....version number of the CL table to apply to
             multisource files or the SN table for single
             source files.  0 => highest.
  DOPOL......If > 0 then correct data for instrumental polarization as
             represented in the AN or PD table.  This correction is
             only useful if PCAL has been run or feed polarization
             parameters have been otherwise obtained.  See HELP DOPOL
             for available correction modes: 1 is normal, 2 and 3 are
             for VLBI.  1-3 use a PD table if available; 6, 7, 8 are
             the same but use the AN (continuum solution) even if a PD
             table is present.
  PDVER......PD table to apply if PCAL was run with SPECTRAL true and
             0 < DOPOL < 6.  <= 0 => highest.
  BLVER......Version number of the baseline based calibration
             (BL) table to appply. <0 => apply no BL table,
             0 => highest.
  FLAGVER....Specifies the version of the flagging table to be
             applied.  0 => highest numbered table.  <0 => no flagging
             to be applied.
  DOBAND.....If true (>0) then correct the data for the shape of the
             antenna bandpasses using the BP table specified by BPVER.
             The correction has five modes:
             (a) if DOBAND=1 all entries for an antenna in the table
             are averaged together before correcting the data.
             (b) if DOBAND=2 the entry nearest in time (including
             solution weights) is used to correct the data.
             (c) if DOBAND=3 the table entries are interpolated in
             time (using solution weights) and the data are then
             corrected.
             (d) if DOBAND=4 the entry nearest in time (ignoring
             solution weights) is used to correct the data.
             (e) if DOBAND=5 the table entries are interpolated in
             time (ignoring solution weights) and the data are then
             corrected.
  BPVER......Specifies the version of the BP table to be applied (if
             DOBAND > 0).   0 => highest numbered table.
             <0 => no bandpass correction to be applied.
  SMOOTH.....Specifies the type of spectral smoothing to be applied to
             a uv database . The default is not to apply any smoothing.
             The elements of SMOOTH are as follows:
             SMOOTH(1) = type of smoothing to apply: 0 => no smoothing
               To smooth before applying bandpass calibration
                 1 => Hanning, 2 => Gaussian, 3 => Boxcar, 4 => Sinc
               To smooth after applying bandpass calibration
                 5 => Hanning, 6 => Gaussian, 7 => Boxcar, 8 => Sinc
             SMOOTH(2) = the "diameter" of the function, i.e. width
               between first nulls of Hanning triangle and sinc
               function, FWHM of Gaussian, width of Boxcar. Defaults
               (if < 0.1) are 4, 2, 2 and 3 channels for SMOOTH(1) =
               1 - 4 and 5 - 8, resp.
             SMOOTH(3) = the diameter over which the convolving
               function has value - in channels.  Defaults: 1,3,1,4
               times SMOOTH(2) used when input SMOOTH(3) < net
               SMOOTH(2).
  SHIFT......Desired position shift in the tangent point coordinates
             in arcseconds to be made before plotting.  The new
             tangent point coordinates will be
                RA' = RA + SHIFT(1) / cos(DEC) and
                DEC' = DEC + SHIFT(2)
             where all coordinates are in arcseconds.
  APARM......Control information:
             APARM(1) sets the pre-average time interval to be used
             before the FFT. Vector averaging is performed. If
             APARM(1) = 0 then the pre-average time interval is equal
             2 sec.

             If APARM(2) is equal to 0 the axes of the plot will be
             self-scaled. If APARM(2) is greater than 0 the scales are
             set by the user using APARM(3) to APARM(6) and BPARM(5)
             and BPARM(6) for the X axis (Hz or seconds)
             APARM(3) = the minimum amplitude to be plotted.
             APARM(4) = the maximum amplitude to be plotted.
                        Self-scaled if APARM(3) >= APARM(4).
             APARM(5) = the minimum phase to be plotted.
             APARM(6) = the maximum phase to be plotted.
                        Self-scaled if APARM(5) >= APARM(6).
             N.B. phase is assumed to lie in the range -180.0 to 180.0
             degrees.  When NPLOTS > 1, user-scaled plots are shown
             next to each other, while self-scaled plots "waste" space
             with axis labeling.

             APARM(7) selects the plot type.
             0=> fringe rate spectrum;
             1=> Visibility ampl/phase vs time.
             The visibilities can be examined with APARM(7)=1 to check
             for missing data before generating the fringe rate spectrum.

             APARM(8) defines the zero padding to be used in the FFT.
             0,1=> no padding; 2=> N zeroes added; 3=> 2N zeroes added
             etc.

             APARM(9) <= 0 will plot each IF and polarization
                           separately.
                      = 1, the spectra of the selected IF's will be
                           plotted side by side in the same frame.
                      = 2, the spectra of the selected polarizations
                           will be plotted side by side in the same
                           frame.
                      > 2, the spectra of the selected IFs and then
                           polarizations will be plotted side by side
                           in the same frame.

             APARM(10) = 0 Do the normal full complex transform
                       = 1 Convert the complex data to amplitude 1.0
                           (i.e. examine phase issues only)
                       = 2 Convert the complex data to real (amp, 0)
                           (i.e. examine amplitude issues only)

  CODETYPE...Selects which parameters are plotted from 'A&P',
             'AMP ','PHAS','R&I','REAL','IMAG'.  Others => 'A&P'
  POLPLOT....An option to display the ratio of various correlated
             values. Allowed combinations are: 'RL/RR', 'RL/LL',
             'LR/RR', 'RL/LL', 'RR/LL', 'LL/RR', 'VH/VV', 'VH/HH',
             'HV/VV', 'HV/HH', 'VV/HH', 'HH/VV', 'Q/I', 'U/I', 'V/I'
             other => this option is not used.
             The visibility data (not the relevant plots) are divided
             before producing the plot. This turns off the multiple
             polarization plotting (but not multiple IFs) of APARM(9).
  SOLINT.....If SOLINT > 0 then the user can make multiple plots per
             pass of FRPLT. All other parameters will be obeyed. FRPLT
             will start at TIMERANG, make a plot covering the range
             TIMERANG + SOLINT, etc.  The units of SOLINT are minutes.
             If SOLINT = -1 then FRPLT will make scan as the time step
             starting at scan nearest to the start time specified in
             TIMERANG and finishing at the scan end closest in time
             to the stop time specified in TIMERANG.
             If TIMERANG is all zero then
             every scan will be averaged and plotted. This function is
             predicated, of course, on there being an NX table in order
             to determine the scan boundaries.  The data must be in time
             order for SOLINT not 0.
  NPLOTS.....This adverb is used to control whether FRPLT plots multiple
             spectra per page. If NPLOTS = 0 it will produce one plot
             and all selected data will be averaged together to produce
             that plot. The only exception is when SOLINT is non-zero in
             which case data within the specified average intervals are
             averaged and plotted, the task will then loop back for the
             next time interval.  If NPLOTS >= 1 then each baseline
             will be plotted in a separate frame on the page.
             NPLOTS cannot be greater than 9 - or the labels are
             unreadable.

  BPARM......(1) = 1 => divide the line data by 'channel 0'.
                   Channel 0 is a 'VLAism' for the vector
                   averaged centre 75 percent of the observing band.
                   If BPARM(1)=1 then DOCALIB must be -1.
             (2) > 0 specifies the first channel used to form
                   'channel 0'. Normally 'channel 0' is the center
                   75 percent of the band, setting this BPARM will
                   override the default.
             (3) > 0 specifies the last channel used to form
                   'channel 0'.
             (4) Drop all spectra for which the amplitude of
                 channel 0 is < BPARM(4) in Jy.  This prevents
                 visibilities near nulls from contributing to
                 averages their very noisy ratios.
             (5,6) if APARM(2) > 0, BPARM(5) and BPARM(6) set the X
                 axis minimum and maximum when BPARM(5) < BPARM(6).
                 = 0 , 0  -> self scale
             (7,8,9) unused
             (10) = 1 => don't write header info when writing to the
                 OUTTEXT.  Normally, each spectrum which is written to
                 the outfile specified by OUTTEXT is prefaced by a text
                 describing the spectrum.  Setting BPARM(10) = 1
                 prevents writing this preface.  This would be useful if
                 it is desired to write multiple spectra to the outfile
                 and then plot them with minimal human intervention.
                 Note that even the column identifiers are not written
                 to the OUTTEXT.  The columns of the output file are:
                   channel#, IF, polarization, frequency, velocity,
                   Real(Jy), Imag(Jy)
                 [Run FRPLT with BPARM(10) = 0 to check that this
                 description of the outfile format is current]
                 ** Unfortunately, the resulting file may not be
                 properly sorted in either frequency OR velocity.  This
                 should be done manually outside of AIPS; under UNIX
                 'sort -n +3 OUTTEXT' will produce frequency sorted
                 output.
  OUTTEXT....The name of a disk file into which the raw
             spectrum to be plotted is written.
  LTYPE......Labelling type, see HELP LTYPE for details:
             1 = border, 2 = no ticks, 3 or 7 = standard, 4 or 8 =
             relative to ref. pixel, 5 or 9 = relative to subimage
             (BLC, TRC) center, 6 or 10 = pixels.  7-10 all labels
             other than tick numbers and axis type are omitted.
             Less than 0 is the same except that the plot file
             version number and create time are omitted.
             Add n * 100 to alter the metric scaling.
  FACTOR.....FACTOR scales the plus signs used to mark samples.  All
             plot types are plotted with plus signs and all but phase
             are also plotted with connected lines.  Set FACTOR < 0 to
             have the plus signs omitted from non-phase plots.  FACTOR
             > 100.0 causes a scaling of (FACTOR-100.0) to be used and
             the connecting lines to be omitted.  0 <= FACTOR < 0.4
             -> FACTOR=1 and -0.4 < FACTOR < 0 -> FACTOR=-1.
  BADDISK....A list of disks on which scratch files are not to
             be placed.  This will not affect the output file.
  DOTV........> 0 => plot directly on the TV device, otherwise
              make a plot file for later display on one or
              more devices (including the TV if desired).
  GRCHAN......Graphics channel (1 - 7) to use for line drawing.
              0 => 1.

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