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VLASS 2023 Priorities

VLA 2023 Priorities


Blocker:

Per-band manipulation of apply, antexclude, and usemedian for hifv_syspower ( PIPE-1487 - Getting issue details... STATUS )

  • Detect mosaicked fields and perform joint deconvolution with mosaic gridder (PIPE-684)


Critical:

Different bandpass calibrators in different bands - ( PIPE-669 - Getting issue details... STATUS )

  • flux calibrator RFI flagging should use residuals - ( PIPE-1274 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Only flag offending polarization for DTS issues PIPE-1467 - Getting issue details... STATUS

  • include additional flag versions in exported *.ms.flagversions.tgz ( PIPE-1553 - Getting issue details... STATUS )

  • hifv_restoredata should use flagversion backed up before statwt ( PIPE-1555 - Getting issue details... STATUS )

  • Checkflag should properly execute when sources have mixed intents PIPE-1335 - Getting issue details... STATUS

Minor:

  • plot labels in semifinalbpdcals (PIPE-984)
  • parallactic angle vs time plot (PIPE-836)
  • Add API plot to VLA pipeline runs (PIPE-580)

VLASS 2022 Priorities

  • Cube Imaging pipeline PIPEREQ-142
  • Resolved calibrator handling PIPEREQ-132 Deferred
  • Imaging fails in some cases in 2021.2 ( PIPE-1173 - Getting issue details... STATUS )

  • Change VLASS parameter compressionusemedian default from False to True ( PIPE-1338 - Getting issue details... STATUS )

  • Change hifv_targetflag to flag target data using a .flagtargetstemplate.txt - (PIPE-37, PIPE-1355 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Add reimaging_resources.tgz to manifest.xml ( PIPE-1407 - Getting issue details... STATUS )


VLA 2022 Priorities

Prioritized list:

Blocker:

  • Add plots to statwt weblog in PI pipeline( PIPE-1341 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Flagging Heuristics on outlier weights (ticket to be created)
  • Generalized Compression correction for S-band and L-band ( PIPE-1155 - Getting issue details... STATUS / PIPEREQ-61 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • TEC maps fixes and behavior changes ( PIPE-1136 - Getting issue details... STATUS , PIPE-1365 - Getting issue details... STATUS )


Critical:

  • Backup flags in hifv_applycal prior to calibration ( PIPE-854 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Enable self-calibration heuristics for continuum data only in new task (hif_selfcal) and operate on only the _cont.ms ( PIPE-1445 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Spectral line stuff:
    • Task to create VLA _line.ms ( PIPE-1414 - Getting issue details... STATUS )

    • Ability to use _line.ms and cont.ms in different pipeline tasks. ( PIPE-1411 - Getting issue details... STATUS )

    • Detection Spectral windows for spectral line processing ( PIPE-1412 - Getting issue details... STATUS )

    • Spectral line calibration recipe definition ( PIPE-1344 - Getting issue details... STATUS )

    • Zoom-in plots on non-128 MHz windows for inspection of bandpass in finalcals, semifinalBPdcals,testBPdcals, plotsummary for targets and cals ( PIPE-1413 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) Less critical than other items, but still desired.
    • Enable basic cube imaging ( PIPE-1346 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • combine targetflag heuristics into checkflag - ( PIPE-1342 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Change hifv_targetflag to flag target data using a .flagtargetstemplate.txt - (PIPE-37, PIPE-1355 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • flux calibrator RFI flagging should use residuals - ( PIPE-1274 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Different bandpass calibrators in different bands - ( PIPE-669 - Getting issue details... STATUS )


Major:

  • Spectral Line syspower ( PIPE-1496 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Detect mosaicked fields and perform joint deconvolution with mosaic gridder (PIPE-684)
  • wproject and n- w-planes heuristics for VLA imaging pipeline (J. Marvil input)
  • PIPE-1287 - fluxboot failing with target intent using pointing and a CG intent with the pointing setup ( PIPE-1287 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • PIPE-1350 - fluxboot shared intents ( PIPE-1350 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • PIPE-1335 - selection heuristics when delay calibrator mixed with CG intent
  • Long solution interval calculation improvement (PIPE-1002/PIPEREQ-64)
  • Short Solution interval calculation improvments (PIPE-1340)
  • Spws not specified in cont.dat should be handled as standard continuum (PIPE-1043)
  • Use MS tool hanning smoothing to enable per spw hanning smoothing (CASR-523; PIPE-672)
  • per-baseline RFI flagging - (PIPE-1286)
  • Fluxboot QA metric adjustments (PIPEREQ-8/PIPE-989)

Minor:

  • long solints: ( PIPE-1473 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • solint calc: ( PIPE-1002 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Zoom feature for all hif_makeimages plots (PIPE-1083)
  • plot labels in semifinalbpdcals (PIPE-984)
  • parallactic angle vs time plot (PIPE-836)
  • Add API plot to VLA pipeline runs (PIPE-580)
  • Report total MS sizes at end of calibration on main weblog page (PIPE-1166)
  • multi-band weblog plots should not use shared time axis for plots (PIPE-1044)
  • Zeros flagged not reported properly (PIPE-1033)
  • Make an untarred MS when making a basic MS PIPE-749
  • PIPE-1098 - cont.dat failures for targets with some characters


Backburner:

  • Per-baseband delay solutions (PIPE-670)

  • Spectral window mapping for gain calibration (PIPE-671)

  • Antenna position corrections in a post-observation time window (CASR-556)

  • Gain table flagging extensions

    • Ripple detection (bad switch problem) (PIPEREQ-11)

    • Gain outlier detection (PIPEREQ-10)

  • Enhanced DTS issue identification and flagging (CASR-563/PIPE-986)

    • Option to disable bad deformatter flagging completely or partially, (PIPE-1183)
  • Generalize hifv_circfeedpolcal for all bands

  • Enable experimental P-band calibration

  • Define requirements for the continuum imaging pipeline to use outlier fields to remove effects of bright sources rather than using large images
  • RFI flagging on uv-grid (CASR-496)
    • avoids flagging of bright spectral lines
  • Enable data weights to be determined from switched power (CASR-476)
  • Seasonal model selection to override weather station in priorcals to compensate for bad weather station data (PIPE-1367)
  • Add Operator log to weblog (PIPE-1365)


VLA 2022 Categorized:


Bugs

  • PIPE-1287 - fluxboot failing with target intent using pointing and a CG intent with the pointing setup ( PIPE-1287 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • PIPE-1335 - selection heuristics when delay calibrator mixed with CG intent
  • PIPE-1098 - cont.dat failures for targets with some characters

Calibration and Flagging

  • Enhanced DTS issue identification and flagging (CASR-563/PIPE-986)

    • Option to disable bad deformatter flagging completely or partially, (PIPE-1183)

  • Possible RFI flagging refinements

    • per baseline flagging - (PIPE-1286)
    • combine targetflag heuristics into checkflag - (PIPE-1342)
    • flux calibrator RFI flagging should use residuals - (PIPE-1274)
  • Backup flags in hifv_applycal prior to calibration (PIPE-854)
  • Change hifv_targetflag to flag target data using a .flagtargetstemplate.txt - (PIPE-37, PIPE-1355 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Add plots to statwt weblog in PI pipeline (PIPE-1341)
  • Long solution interval calculation improvement ( PIPE-1002 - Getting issue details... STATUS / PIPEREQ-64 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Short Solution interval calculation improvments (PIPE-1340)

  • Per-baseband delay solutions (PIPE-670)

  • Spectral window mapping for gain calibration (PIPE-671)

    • enables phase calibration if not enough S/N due to faint calibrator

  • Antenna position corrections in a post-observation time window (CASR-556)

  • Gain table flagging extensions

    • Ripple detection (bad switch problem) (PIPEREQ-11)

    • Gain outlier detection (PIPEREQ-10)

  • Fluxboot gain solution flagging (PIPEREQ-9)

  • Fluxboot QA metric adjustments (PIPEREQ-8)


Self-calibration

  • Enable self-calibration heuristics for continuum data only in new task (hif_selfcal) and operate on only the _cont.ms (PIPE-)
    • Joint ALMA and VLA development and should work on both types of data
    • SRDP heuristics team input


Spectral lines

  • Ability to use _line and cont.ms in different pipeline tasks.

  • Spectral line calibration recipe definition (PIPE-1344)

    • Save pre-target RFI flagging and split non-RFI flagged data after hifv_statwt using a new task (PIPE-1343)
  • For VLA data, enable steps to run findcont to only run on line spws
    • hif_makeimlist(specmode='mfs')
    • hif_findcont()
    • hif_uvcontfit()
    • hif_uvcontsub()

  • Spectral window mapping for gain calibration (PIPE-671)

    • enables phase calibration if not enough S/N on narrow spws

  • Use MS tool hanning smoothing to enable per spw hanning smoothing (CASR-523; PIPE-672)
  • Zoom-in plots on non-128 MHz windows for inspection of bandpass in finalcals, semifinalBPdcals,testBPdcals
  • Cont.dat interpretation to treat non-specified spws as continuum-only (PIPE-1043)


Weblog

  • Zoom feature for all hif_makeimages plots (PIPE-1083)
  • plot labels in semifinalbpdcals (PIPE-984)
  • parallactic angle vs time plot (PIPE-836)
  • Add API plot to VLA pipeline runs (PIPE-580)


Minor things

  • Report total MS sizes at end of calibration on main weblog page (PIPE-1166)
  • multi-band weblog plots should not use shared time axis for plots (PIPE-1044)
  • Zeros flagged not reported properly (PIPE-1033)
  • Make an untarred MS when making a basic MS PIPE-749




Imaging

  • Detect mosaicked fields and perform joint deconvolution with mosaic gridder (PIPE-684)

  • Enable basic cube imaging (PIPE-1346)

  • wproject and n- w-planes heuristics for VLA imaging pipeline (J. Marvil input)


Backburner (CASA development or low priority):

  • Generalize hifv_circfeedpolcal for all bands

  • Enable experimental P-band calibration

  • Define requirements for the continuum imaging pipeline to use outlier fields to remove effects of bright sources rather than using large images
  • RFI flagging on uv-grid (CASR-496)
    • avoids flagging of bright spectral lines
  • Enable data weights to be determined from switched power (CASR-476)





2021 Priorities

Primary Development Priorities

Calibration and Flagging

  • Enhanced DTS issue identification and flagging (CASR-563)

  • Improved calibrator RFI flagging heuristics (PIPEREQ-12; PIPE-939)

  • Gaintable flagging heuristics to ID bad data

  • Per-baseband delay solutions (PIPE-670)

  • Spectral window mapping for gain calibration (PIPE-671)

    • enables phase calibration if not enough S/N due to faint calibrator

  • Antenna position corrections in a post-observation time window (CASR-556)

  • Gain table flagging extensions

    • Ripple detection (bad switch problem) (PIPEREQ-11)

    • Gain outlier detection (PIPEREQ-10)

  • Fluxboot gain solution flagging (PIPEREQ-9)

  • Fluxboot QA metric adjustments (PIPEREQ-8)

  • Target RFI Flagging (CASR-540)

  • Enable data weights to be determined from switched power (CASR-476)

  • Use MS tool hanning smoothing to enable per spw hanning smoothing (CASR-523; PIPE-672)

  • Spectral window mapping for gain calibration (PIPE-671)

    • enables phase calibration if not enough S/N on narrow spws

  • RFI flagging on uv-grid (CASR-496)

    • avoids flagging of bright spectral lines

  • Cont.dat interpretation to treat non-specified spws as continuum-only

  • Design and set up independent spectral line calibration recipe that could be used by end users or triggered using recalibration workflow


Imaging

  • Detect mosaicked fields and perform joint deconvolution with mosaic gridder

  • Enable basic cube imaging

  • Enable automasking for VLA continuum imaging pipeline

Stretch Priorities

  • Generalize hifv_circfeedpolcal for all bands

  • Enable experimental P-band calibration

  • Enable pipeline to use two MS files to perform continuum on one and spectral line optimized calibration on the other when spectral lines are a science goal set in PST

  • Define requirements for the continuum imaging pipeline to use outlier fields to remove effects of bright sources rather than using large images


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