AIPS HELP file for FLDSIZE in 31DEC26
As of Thu Dec 11 20:47:28 2025
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FLDSIZE
Type: Adverb (real array, 2 elements x 64 fields)
Use: Sizes of a 2-dimensional image to produce or process; one pair of
values is specified for each field. The first element is usually
called the X coordinate and measures the number of columns in the
image. The second element, the Y coordinate is a measure of the
number of rows in the image.
Null Value: 0
Null value assignment varies with verb or task although
usually a value is required.
IMAGR replaces FLDSIZE values of 0 with IMSIZE-10.
Tasks:
IMAGR.........Wide-field and/or wide-frequency Cleaning / imaging
task.
PCCOR.........Corrects phases using PCAL tones data from PC table.
FLDSIZE gives the 1st and 2nd tones to use by IF.
SCIMG.........Full-featured imaging plus self-calibration loop with
editing.
SOUSP.........Fits source spectral index from SU table or adverbs.
FLDSIZE gives source flux at frequency when not using
the source table. Normally set to 0.
Procedures:
LINIMAGE......Build image cube from multi-IF data set. FLDSIZE
passed to IMAGR.
TDSTEP3.......Time-dependent imaging procedure "step 3"
TDSTEP5.......Time-dependent imaging procedure "step 5"
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