Radio Frequency Interference
mid_rfi_simulation
Generate Radio Frequency Interference simulations for the SKA Mid telescope
usage: mid_rfi_simulation.py [-h] [--input_file INPUT_FILE]
[--output_dir OUTPUT_DIR] [--msout MSOUT]
[--antenna_file ANTENNA_FILE] [--seed SEED]
[--noise NOISE] [--ra RA] [--dec DEC]
[--nchannels NCHANNELS]
[--frequency_range FREQUENCY_RANGE FREQUENCY_RANGE]
[--apply_primary_beam APPLY_PRIMARY_BEAM]
[--return_average RETURN_AVERAGE]
[--time_average TIME_AVERAGE]
[--channel_average CHANNEL_AVERAGE]
Named Arguments
- --input_file
Full path to the HDF5 file, which contains necessary RFI information for each RFI source.
Default:
''- --output_dir
Output directory for storing files
Default:
'./'- --msout
Name for MeasurementSet. If empty string, no MeasurementSet is written
Default:
''- --antenna_file
Path to antenna file. If left empty, MID configuration from RASCIL will be used.
Default:
''- --seed
Random number seed
Default:
18051955- --noise
Add random noise to the visibility samples?
Default:
'False'- --ra
Right Ascension (degrees)
Default:
0.05000036- --dec
Declination (degrees)
Default:
-45.95- --nchannels
How many channels to create within given –frequency_range
Default:
8- --frequency_range
Frequency range (Hz)
Default:
[1000000000.0, 1200000000.0]- --apply_primary_beam
Apply primary beam to RFI sources?
Default:
'True'- --return_average
Return visibility with time and frequency averaged data?
Default:
'False'- --time_average
Number of integrations in a chunk to average
Default:
16- --channel_average
Number of channels in a chunk to average
Default:
16
sim_rfi_mid_aa05
Script to add a static RFI signal to the measurement set.
Input: HDF file of signal (currently using a modified version for LOW signals)