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0.1.99 sdsmooth

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Synopsis
Smooth spectral data

Description

Task sdsmooth performs smoothing along spectral axis using user-specified smoothing kernel. Currently gaussian and boxcar kernels are supported.

Arguments





Inputs

infile

name of input SD dataset

allowed:

string

Default:

datacolumn

name of data column to be used [’data’, ’float_data’, or ’corrected’]

allowed:

string

Default:

data

antenna

select data by antenna name or ID, e.g. ’PM03’

allowed:

string

Default:

field

select data by field IDs and names, e.g. ’3C2*’ (”=all)

allowed:

string

Default:

spw

select data by spectral window IDs, e.g. ’3,5,7’ (”=all)

allowed:

string

Default:

timerange

select data by time range, e.g. ’09:14:0~09:54:0’ (”=all) (see examples in help)

allowed:

string

Default:

scan

select data by scan numbers, e.g. ’21~23’ (”=all)

allowed:

string

Default:

pol

select data by polarization IDs, e.g. ’0,1’ (”=all)

allowed:

string

Default:

intent

select data by observational intent, e.g. ’*ON_SOURCE*’ (”=all)

allowed:

string

Default:

kernel

spectral smoothing kernel type

allowed:

string

Default:

gaussian

kwidth

smoothing kernel width in channel

allowed:

int

Default:

5

outfile

name of output file

allowed:

string

Default:

overwrite

overwrite the output file if already exists

allowed:

bool

Default:

False

Returns
void

Example

 
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Keyword arguments  
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infile -- name of input SD dataset  
datacolumn -- name of data column to be used  
        options: ’data’, ’float_data’, or ’corrected’  
        default: ’data’  
antenna -- select data by antenna name or ID  
        default: ’’ (use all antennas)  
        example: ’PM03’  
field -- select data by field IDs and names  
        default: ’’ (use all fields)  
        example: field=’3C2*’ (all names starting with 3C2)  
                 field=’0,4,5~7’ (field IDs 0,4,5,6,7)  
                 field=’0,3C273’ (field ID 0 or field named 3C273)  
        this selection is in addition to the other selections to data  
spw -- select data by spectral window IDs/channels  
        default: ’’ (use all spws and channels)  
        example: spw=’3,5,7’ (spw IDs 3,5,7; all channels)  
                 spw=’<2’ (spw IDs less than 2, i.e., 0,1; all channels)  
                 spw=’30~45GHz’ (spw IDs with the center frequencies in range 30-45GHz; all channels)  
                 spw=’0:5~61’ (spw ID 0; channels 5 to 61; all channels)  
                 spw=’3:10~20;50~60’ (select multiple channel ranges within spw ID 3)  
                 spw=’3:10~20,4:0~30’ (select different channel ranges for spw IDs 3 and 4)  
                 spw=’1~4;6:15~48’ (for channels 15 through 48 for spw IDs 1,2,3,4 and 6)  
        this selection is in addition to the other selections to data  
timerange -- select data by time range  
        default: ’’ (use all)  
        example: timerange = ’YYYY/MM/DD/hh:mm:ss~YYYY/MM/DD/hh:mm:ss’  
                 Note: YYYY/MM/DD can be dropped as needed:  
                 timerange=’09:14:00~09:54:00’ # this time range  
                 timerange=’09:44:00’ # data within one integration of time  
                 timerange=’>10:24:00’ # data after this time  
                 timerange=’09:44:00+00:13:00’ #data 13 minutes after time  
        this selection is in addition to the other selections to data  
scan -- select data by scan numbers  
        default: ’’ (use all scans)  
        example: scan=’21~23’ (scan IDs 21,22,23)  
        this selection is in addition to the other selections to data  
pol -- select data by polarization IDs  
        default: ’’ (use all polarizations)  
        example: pol=’0,1’ (polarization IDs 0,1)  
        this selection is in addition to the other selections to data  
intent -- select data by observational intent, also referred to as ’scan intent’  
        default: ’’ (use all scan intents)  
        example: intent=’*ON_SOURCE*’ (any valid scan-intent expression accepted by the MSSelection module can be specified)  
        this selection is in addition to the other selections to data  
kernel -- type of spectral smoothing kernel  
        options: ’gaussian’, ’boxcar’  
        default: ’gaussian’ (no smoothing)  
 
    >>>kernel expandable parameter  
        kwidth -- width of spectral smoothing kernel  
                options: (int) in channels  
                default: 5  
outfile -- name of output file  
        default: ’’ (<infile>_bs)  
overwrite -- overwrite the output file if already exists  
        options: (bool) True, False  
        default: False  
        NOTE this parameter is ignored when outform=’ASCII’  
 
 
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DESCRIPTION  
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Task sdsmooth performs smoothing along spectral axis using user-specified  
smoothing kernel. Currently gaussian and boxcar kernels are supported.  
 
 


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