Array parameters October 2008

Main parameter file: saboca-2008-10.rcp

Individual scans

Scan #	Date	Parameter file	Array plot	Individual channel maps
51753	2008-10-06T04:52	Uranus_51753_Saboca.rcp	array_51753.pdf	beams_51753.pdf
51766	2008-10-06T05:33	Uranus_51766_Saboca.rcp	array_51766.pdf	beams_51766.pdf
51772	2008-10-06T05:53	Uranus_51772_Saboca.rcp	array_51772.pdf	beams_51772.pdf
51773	2008-10-06T06:03	Uranus_51773_Saboca.rcp	array_51773.pdf	beams_51773.pdf
51786	2008-10-06T06:36	Uranus_51786_Saboca.rcp	array_51786.pdf	beams_51786.pdf
51788	2008-10-06T06:47	Uranus_51788_Saboca.rcp	array_51788.pdf	beams_51788.pdf
51790	2008-10-06T06:57	Uranus_51790_Saboca.rcp	array_51790.pdf	beams_51790.pdf
51792	2008-10-06T07:06	Uranus_51792_Saboca.rcp	array_51792.pdf	beams_51792.pdf

Notes on individual channels

During October 2008 only 23 out of 37 channels were working properly. Channels 11 - 37 have inverted signals which has to be taken care of during data reduction.

Channel #	Description
1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22	None of these channels shows any astronomical signal. They are considered bad and have to be flagged.

channel_flags-2008-10.boa:

# Inverted channels:
def invertSomeChannels():
    for i in range(len(inverted)):
        num=inverted[i]-1
        data.Data[:,num] *= array(-1,'f')
inverted = range(11,38)
invertSomeChannels()

# Bad channels (no signal)
bad = [  1,  2,  5,  6,  9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22 ]
flagC(bad)

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