13.6 CALIBRAT

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ACCOR    Corrects cross amplitudes using auto correlation measurements
ACFIT    Determine antenna gains from autocorrelations
ACLIP    edits suto-corr data for amplitudes, phases, and weights out of range
ACSCL    Corrects cross amplitudes using auto correlation measurements
ANCAL    Places antenna-based Tsys and gain corrections in CL table
ANCHECK    Checks By sign in Antenna files
ANTAB    Read amplitude calibration information into AIPS
ANTENNAS    Antennas to include/exclude from the task or verb
ANTUSE    Antennas to include/exclude from the task or verb
ANTWT    Antenna Weights for UV data correction in Calibration
APCAL    Apply TY and GC tables to generate an SN table
APGPS    Apply GPS-derived ionospheric corrections
ATMCA    Determines delay/phase gradient from calibrator observations
BASELINE    specifies which antenna pairs are to be selected/deselected
BASFIT    fits antenna locations from SN-table data
BDAPL    Applies a BD table to another data set
BLAPP    applies baseline-based fringe solutions a la BLAPP
BLAVG    Average cross-polarized UV data over baselines.
BLCAL    Compute closure offset corrections
BLCHN    Compute closure offset corrections on a channel-by-channel basis
BLING    find residual rate and delay on individual baselines
BLPCL    Do divide by I,Q,U models for circular polarization BLCHN
BLPLT    Plots BLCAL tables in 2 dimensions as function of baseline and IF
BLPOLCAL    Do BLCHN for I, Q, U, V models
BLVER    specifies the version of the baseline-calibration table used
BPASS    computes spectral bandpass correction table
BPASSPRM    Control adverb array for bandpass calibration
BPCOR    Correct BP table.
BPEDT    Interactive TV task to edit uv data based on BP tables
BPEPL    Plots bandpass tables overlaying multiple times like BPEDT
BPERR    Print and plot BPASS closure outputs
BPFLG    Flgas uv data based on bad BP values
BPLOT    Plots bandpass tables in 2 dimensions as function of time
BPPLT    Plots selected contents of bandpass (BP) files versus time
BPSMO    Smooths or interpolates bandpass tables to regular times
BPVER    specifies the version of the bandpass table to be applied
BPWAY    Determines channel-dependent relative weights
BPWGT    Calibrates data and scales weights by bandpass correction
BSPRT    print BS tables
BSROT    modifies SD beam-switch continuum data for error in throw
CALCODE    specifies the type of calibrator to be selected
CALDIR    lists calibrator source models available as AIPS FITS files
CALIB    determines antenna calibration: complex gain
CALIBRAT    describes the process of data calibration in AIPS
CALIN    specifies name of input disk file usually with calibration data
CALMODEL    Applies SPLIT & UVSUB to make a model data set matching a calibrator
CALRD    Reads calibrator source model-image FITS file
CALSOUR    specifies source names to be included in calibration
CC2IM    Make model image from a CC file
CENTR    modifies UV data to center the reference channel
CHANSEL    Array of start, stop, increment channel numbers to average
CHREFANT    Name of reference antenna
CLCAL    merges and smooths SN tables, applies them to CL tables
CLCOP    copy CL/SN file calibration between polarizations or IFs
CLCOR    applies user-selected corrections to the calibration CL table
CLCORPRM    Parameter adverb array for task CLCOR
CLINT    CL table entry interval
CLINV    copy CL/SN file inverting the calibration
CLIP    edits data based on amplitudes, phases, and weights out of range
CLSMO    smooths a calibration CL table
CLVLB    Corrects CL table gains for pointing offsets in VLBI data
CMETHOD    specifies the method by which the uv model is computed
CMODEL    specifies the method by which the uv model is computed
CODETYPE    specifies the desired operation or data type
CONFI    Optimize array configuration by minimum side lobes
CPASS    computes polynomial spectral bandpass correction table
CSCOR    applies specified corrections to CS tables
CVEL    shifts spectral-line UV data to a given velocity
DCHANSEL    Array of start, stop, increment channel #S + IF to avoid
DECOR    Measures the decorrelation between channels and IF of uv data
DEFLG    edits data based on decorrelation over channels and time
DELCORR    Controls task actions on calibration tables.
DELZN    Determines residual atmosphere depth at zenith and clock errors
DFCOR    applies user-selected corrections to the calibration CL table
DGAUS    Correct UV model for convolution by Clean beam
DIGICOR    specifies whether VLBA digital corrections are to be applied
DOACOR    specifies whether autocorrelation data are included
DOAPPLY    Flag to indicate whether an operation is applied to the data
DOBAND    specifies if/how bandpass calibration is applied
DOBTWEEN    Controls smoothing between sources in calibration tables
DOCALIB    specifies whether a gain table is to be applied or not
DODELAY    selects solution for phase/amplitude or delay rate/phase
DOFIT    Controls which antennas are fit by what methods
DOFLAG    Controls closure cutoff in gain solutions and flagging
DOOSRO    calibrating amplitude and phase, and imaging VLA data
DOPOL    selects application of any polarization calibration
DOVLAMP    Produces amp calibration file for phased-VLA VLBI data
DT2PD    Write PD table from a PD table text file
DTSIM    Generate fake UV data
EDITA    Interactive TV task to edit uv data based on TY/SY/SN/CL tables
EDITR    Interactive baseline-oriented visibility editor using the TV
ELEVLIM    Lower limit on elevation
ELFIT    Plots/fits selected contents of SN, TY, SY, PC or CL files
ELINT    Determines and removes gain dependence on elevation
EOPSFILE    Name of text file containing EOP information
EVACL    Evaluates statistics in closure phase and amplitude
EVASN    Evaluates statistics in SN/CL tables
EVAUV    Subtracts & divides a model into UV data, does statistics on results
FACES    makes images of catalog sources for initial calibration
FARAD    add ionospheric Faraday rotation to CL table
FGPLT    Plots selected contents of FG table
FGPRT    Pprints counts of selected portions of an FG table
FGTAB    writes frequency-range flags to a text file to be read by UVFLG
FINDR    Find normal values for a uv data set
FIXWT    Modify weights to reflect amplitude scatter of data
FLAGR    Edit data based on internal RMS, amplitudes, weights
FLAGVER    selects version of the flagging table to be applied
FLGIT    flags data based on the rms of the spectrum
FQTOL    Frequency tolerance with which FQ or frequency entries are accepted.
FRCAL    Faraday rotation self calibration task
FREQID    Frequency Identifier for frequency, bandwidth combination
FRING    fringe fit data to determine antenna calibration, delay, rate
FTFLG    interactive flagging of UV data in channel-time using the TV
GAINERR    gives estimate of gain uncertainty for each antenna
GAINUSE    specifies output gain table or gain table applied to data
GAINVER    specifies the input gain table
GCPLT    Plots gain curves from text files
GCVER    specifies the version of the gain curve table used
GETJY    determines calibrator flux densities
GPSDL    Calculate ionospheric delay and Faraday rotation corrections
HLPCLEAN    Cleaning tasks - run-time help
HLPEDIBP    Interactive BP table uv-data editor BPEDT - run-time help
HLPEDICL    Interactive SN/CL table uv-data editor - run-time help
HLPEDIPC    Interactive PC table editor PCEDT - run-time help
HLPEDIPD    Interactive PD table editor PDEDT - run-time help
HLPEDISN    Interactive SN/CL table (not UV) editor - run-time help
HLPEDISS    Interactive SY table (not UV) editor - run-time help
HLPEDISY    Interactive SY table uv-data editor EDITA - run-time help
HLPEDITS    Interactive TY table (not UV) editor - run-time help
HLPEDITY    Interactive TY table uv-data editor EDITA - run-time help
HLPEDIUV    Interactive uv-data editor EDITR - run-time help
HLPFTFLG    Interactive time-channel visibility Editor - run-time help
HLPIBLED    Interactive Baseline based visibility Editor - run-time help
HLPPCFLG    Interactive time-channel PC table Editor PCFLG - run-time help
HLPSCIMG    Full-featured image plus self-cal loops, editing - run-time help
HLPSCMAP    Imaging plus self-cal and editing SCMAP - run-time help
HLPSPFLG    Interactive time-channel visibility Editor SPFLG - run-time help
HLPTVFLG    Interactive time-baseline visibility Editor TVFLG - run-time help
HOLIS    Prints information about holography sampling
IANTB    Writes out GC and TY data in ANTAB format
IBLED    Interactive BaseLine based visibility EDitor
ICHANSEL    Array of start, stop, increment channel #S + IF to average
IM2CC    Task to convert an image to multi-facet Clean Components
IMAGR    Wide-field and/or wide-frequency Cleaning / imaging task.
IMFRING    large image delay fitting with IM2CC and OOFRING
IMSCAL    large image self-cal with IM2CC and OOCAL
INDXH    writes index file describing contents of UV data base
INDXR    writes index file describing contents of UV data base
INTERPOL    specifies the type of averaging done on the complex gains
INTPARM    specifies the parameters of the frequency interpolation function
KRING    fringe fit data to determine antenna calibration, delay, rate
LDGPS    load GPS data from an ASCII file
LISTR    prints contents of UV data sets and assoc. calibration tables
LISUN    prints contents of UV data sets with Sun angles
LOCIT    fits antenna locations from SN-table data
LPCAL    Determines instrumental polarization for UV data
MAPBM    Map VLA beam polarization
MBDLY    Fits multiband delays from IF phases, updates SN table
MFIMG    Image the Earth magnetic field model or TEC data used by TECOR
MINAMPER    specifies the minimum amplitude error prior to some action
MINANTEN    states minimum number of antennas for a solution
MINPHSER    specifies the minimum phase error prior to some action
MOD3D    Computes a 3D CC model from a set of facets
MSORT    Sort a UV dataset into a specified order
MULTI    Task to convert single-source to multi-source UV data
NORMALIZ    specifies the type of gain normaliztion if any
OMFIT    Fits sources and, optionally, a self-cal model to uv data
ONEFREQ    states that the current CC model was made with one frequency
OOCAL    determines antenna complex gain with frequency-dependent models
OOFRING    Fringe fit data to determine calibration with spectral index options
OOSRT    Sort a UV dataset into a specified order
OOSUB    Subtracts/divides a model from/into a uv data base
PBEAM    Fits the analytic function to the measured values of the beam
PCABL    Copies the Cable cal values from PC table 1 to PC table n
PCAL    Determines instrumental polarization for UV data
PCASS    Finds amplitude bandpass shape from pulse-cal table data
PCAVG    Averages pulse-cal (PC) tables over time
PCCOR    Corrects phases using PCAL tones data from PC table
PCDIV    Scales pulse-cal amplitudes by Tsys or Psum
PCEDT    Interactive TV task to edit pulse-cal (PC) tables
PCFIT    Finds delays and phases using a pulse-cal (PC) table
PCFLG    interactive flagging of Pulse-cal data in channel-TB using the TV
PCLOD    Reads ascii file containing pulse-cal info to PC table.
PCPLT    Plots pulse-cal tables in 2 dimensions as function of time
PCRMS    Finds statistics of a pulse-cal table; flags bad times and channels
PCVEL    shifts spectral-line UV data to a given velocity: planet version
PDEDT    Interactive TV task to edit polarization D-term (PD) tables
PDPLT    Plots selected contents of PD tables
PDVER    specifies the version of the spetral polarization table to use
PEEK    fits pointing model function to output from the VLA
PEELR    calibrates interfering sources in multi-facet imges
PHASPRM    Phase data array, by antenna number.
PIPEAIPS    calibrating amplitude and phase, and imaging VLA data
POLANGLE    Intrinsic polarization angles for up to 30 sources
POLSN    Make a SN table from cross polarized fringe fit
PPAPP    Applies Right minus Left phase difference to a 2nd data set
PRTSY    Task to print statistics from the SY table
QUFIX    determines Right minus Left phase difference, corrects cal files
QUOUT    writes text file of Q, U versus frequency to be used by RLDIF
REAMP    Scale visibility amplitudes by IF- or subarray-dependent factor
REFANT    Reference antenna
RESEQ    Renumber antennas
REWGT    modifies UV data re-scaling the weights only
RFI    Look for RFI in uv data
RLCAL    Determines instrumental right-left phase versus time (a self-cal)
RLDIF    determines Right minus Left phase difference, corrects cal files
RLDLY    fringe fit data to determine antenna R-L delay difference
ROTMEAS    Tells the rotation measure of a source
SAMPTYPE    Specifies sampling type
SCIMG    Full-featured imaging plus self-calibration loop with editing
SCMAP    Imaging plus self-calibration loop with editing
SDCAL    Task to apply single dish calibration
SDVEL    shifts spectral-line single-dish data to a given velocity
SEARCH    Ordered list of antennas for fring searches
SELBAND    SpecifieS bandwidth of the desired frequency ID
SELFCAL    Requests self-calibration of calibration sources
SELFREQ    SpecifieS frequency of desirde frequency ID
SETJY    Task to enter source info into source (SU) table.
SHAHO    Flags Holography data for shadowing
SHOUV    displays uv data in various ways.
SMODEL    Source model
SMOTYPE    Specifies smoothing
SMRATES    Requests smoothing and clipping of rates after FRING in pipeline
SNBLP    Plots selected contents of SN or CL files on a baseline basis
SNCOR    applies user-selected corrections to the calibration SN table
SNCORPRM    Task-specific parameters for SNCOR.
SNDUP    copies and duplicates SN table from single pol file to dual pol
SNEDT    Interactive SN/CL/TY/SY table editor using the TV
SNFIT    Fits parabola to SN amplitudes and plots result
SNFLG    Writes flagging info based on the contents of SN files
SNIFS    Plots selected contents of SN, TY, SY, PC or CL files by IF
SNP2D    Task to convert SN table single-channel phase to delay
SNPLT    Plots selected contents of SN, SY, TY, PC or CL files versus time
SNREF    Chooses best reference antenna to minimize R-L differences
SNRMS    Print statistics for selected contents of SN, SY, TY, PC or CL files
SNSMO    smooths and filters a calibration SN table
SNVER    specifies the output solution table
SOLCL    adjust gains for solar data according to nominal sensitivity
SOLCON    Gain solution constraint factor
SOLINT    Solution interval
SOLMIN    Minimum number of solution sub-intervals in a solution
SOLMODE    Solution mode
SOLSUB    Solution sub-interval
SOLTYPE    Solution type
SOUCODE    Calibrator code for source, not calibrator, selection
SOUSP    fits source spectral index from SU table or adverbs
SPCAL    Determines instrumental polzn. for spec. line UV data
SPECINDX    Spectral index used to correct calibrations
SPECPARM    Spectral index per polarization per source
SPECTRAL    Flag to indicate whether an operation is spectral or continuum
SPECURVE    Spectral index survature used to correct calibrations
SPFLG    interactive flagging of UV data in channel-TB using the TV
SPLAT    Applies calibration and splits or assemble selected sources.
SPLIT    converts multi-source to single-source UV files w calibration
SY2TY    Task to generate a TY extension file from an EVLA SY table
SYPRT    Task to print values from the SY table
SYSOL    undoes and re-does nominal sensitivity application for Solar data
SYVSN    Plots selected SY/TY data with SN solution values versus time
TASAV    Task to copy all extension tables to a dummy uv or map file
TAU0    Opacities by antenna number
TDEPEND    Time-dependent imaging procedure sequence
TECOR    Calculate ionospheric delay and Faraday rotation corrections
TECRFILE    Name of file containg TEC data for use in TECOR
TECRTYPE    Type of IONEX file to download in VLA and VLBA TECR procedures
TEPLT    Plots selected contents of TE (TECOR) parameter tables
TIMSMO    Specifiessmoothing times
TLCAL    Converts JVLA telcal files to an SN file
TRECVR    Receiver temperatures by polarization and antenna
TRIANGLE    specifies closure triangles to be selected/deselected
TRUEP    determines true antenna polarization from special data sets
TVFLG    interactive flagging of UV data using the TV
TYAPL    undoes and re-does nominal sensitivity application
TYCOP    copy TY or SY table calibration between IFs
TYSMO    smooths and filters a calibration TY or SY table
TYSMOLEV    Clip level to use in running TYSMO on a VLB TY table
TYVER    specifies the version of the system temperature table used
UNCAL    sets up tables for uncalibrating Australia Telescope data
USUBA    Assign subarrays within a uv-data file
UVCRS    Finds the crossing points of UV-ellipses.
UVFIT    Fits source models to uv data.
UVFLG    Flags UV-data
UVGIT    Fits source models to uv data.
UVHOL    Prints holography data from a UV data base with calibration
UVMLN    edits data based on the rms of the spectrum
UVPRT    prints data from a UV data base with calibration
UVSRT    Sort a UV dataset into a specified order
UVSUB    Subtracts/divides a model from/into a uv data base
VBCAL    Scale visibility amplitudes by antenna based constants
VHCAL    Do divide by I,Q,U models for linear polarization data
VHCALIB    Do CALIB for linear polarization with I, Q, U models
VHDIF    find/apply V minus H linear polarization phase difference
VHMOD    Compute linear polarization point source model, applies to data
VLABP    VLA antenna beam polarization correction for snapshot images
VLACALIB    Runs CALIB and LISTR for VLA observation
VLACLCAL    Runs CLCAL and prints the results with LISTR
VLALIST    Runs LISTR for VLA observation
VLAMODE    VLA observing mode
VLAMP    Makes ANTAB file for phased VLA used in VLBI observations
VLANT    applies VLA/EVLA antenna position corrections from OPs files
VLAOBS    Observing program or part of observer’s name
VLAPROCS    Procedures to simplify the reduction of VLBA data
VLARESET    Reset calibration tables to a virginal state
VLARUN    Calibrating amplitude and phase, and imaging VLA data
VLBAAMP    applies a-priori amplitude corrections to VLBA data
VLBABPSS    computes spectral bandpass correction table
VLBACALA    applies a-priori amplitude corrections to VLBA data
VLBACCOR    applies a-priori amplitude corrections to VLBA data
VLBACPOL    Procedure to calibrate cross-polarization delays
VLBAEOPS    Corrects Earth orientation parameters
VLBAFQS    Copies different FQIDS to separate files
VLBAFRGP    Fringe fit phase referenced data and apply calibration
VLBAFRNG    Fringe fit data and apply calibration
VLBAKRGP    Fringe fit phase referenced data and apply calibration
VLBAKRNG    Fringe fit data and apply calibration
VLBAMCAL    Merges redundant calibration data
VLBAMPCL    Calculates and applies manual instrumental phase calibration
VLBAMPHC    applies VLBARUN calibration to additional phase stopping centers
VLBAPANG    Corrects for parallactic angle
VLBAPCOR    Calculates and applies instrumental phase calibration
VLBARFI    Calibrates VLBA autocorrelations, writes out statistics
VLBARUN    applies amplitude and phase calibration procs to VLBA data
VLBATECR    Calculate ionospheric delay and Faraday rotation corrections
VLBAUTIL    Procedures to simplify the reduction of VLBA data
VLBAWIDE    Calibrates all VLA wide-band autocorrelations with VLBARFI
VLBCD    Reads ascii file containing VLBA calibration info into a CD table
VLBSY    Reads ascii file containing VLBA total power info into an SY table
VLOG    Pre-process external VLBA calibration files
WEIGHTIT    Controls modification of weights before gain/fringe solutions
WETHR    Plots selected contents of WX tables, flags data based on WX
WRTPROCS    Procedures to simplify the reduction of VLBA data
WTTHRESH    defines the weight threshold for data acceptance
WTUV    Specifies the weight to use for UV data outside UVRANGE
WXLOD    Reads KEYIN-format weather information making WX table
XYDIF    find/apply X minus Y linear polarization phase difference
XYMOD    Compute linear polarization point source model, applies to data