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ALFA Software at NAICSteve Torchinsky
GALFA Meet3, Arecibo August 29, 2004
ALFA Software at NAIC
August 28, 2004
NAIC Software philosophy
Datataking and Operation Software
Quicklook software
Offline data reduction software
NAIC Software Philosophy for ALFA
Spectral line data is written in a standard file format
ALFA consortia are producing software for data reduction
Arecibo staff help with data reduction software as part of their membership in ALFA consortia
NAIC provides datataking and online data display software
CIMA
ALFA observing is done through the
Control Interface Module for Arecibo
Maintained by Jeff Hagen
Select ALFA Receiver
Configure Frontend
Configure Backend
Pointing
Observe!
Help using CIMA
www.naic.edu/~astro
CIMA step-by-step
www.naic.edu/~astro
ALFA Online Data Display
By Mikael Lerner
Versatile plot display control
Waterfall plots
Suppress menus
Select individual beams
Color table selection
Multiple data on a single plot
Both polarizations on a single plot
Mix and Match
Select beams, data, plot type, colors
Dump plots
Choose from Several formats
Header data in realtime
Position info in realtime
Setup info
Context sensitive Help
Engineering Monitor
By Mikael Lerner
/home/aoui/alfa/alfaobswin
Big Dish FITS
alfa.naic.edu/data
WapRed
WAPP Reduction by Erik Muller
WapRed Quickstart Guide
By Erik Muller
Interrim Correlator IDL Routines
By Phil Perillat
IC/WAPP IDL Routines
Additional routines for WAPP Spectral Line reduction, including some ALFA specific routines
by Phil Perillat
NAIC Software Philosophy for ALFA
Spectral line data is written in a standard file format
ALFA consortia are producing software for data reduction
Arecibo staff help with data reduction software as part of their membership in ALFA consortia
NAIC provides datataking and online data display software