Background
The SRDP webpage states that "The SRDP pipeline is optimized for continuum science. Observations should have wide (~1 GHz or wider) bandwidths (i.e. be focussed on continuum science, not on narrow spectral lines)."
However this can lead to some ambiguity when the observation is in a grey area between "obvious" spectral line (e.g. very narrow spectral windows) and "obvious" continuum (large bandwidth close to or equal to the maximum in that band).
Therefore the following criteria should be used for SRDP:
- At least 1 GHz of total bandwidth and no individual basebands < 1 GHz in S-band or above, or < 500 MHz in L-band.
- If total bandwidth =< 2GHz and C-band or above, check the proposal abstract to see if the primary aim is continuum or spectral line (feel free to double-check with a Stage 2 Reviewer if unsure). This effectively means checking the abstract for each project that uses 3C286 or 3C147 as the flux cal.