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Scientific Memos

Memo Title Author Date Size
36 Pipeline User Manual J. Crossley, B.Cotton, G. Hunt 2012 March 1 143k
35 Outline of Data Reduction Heuristics G. Hunt, B.Cotton, J.Crossley 2012 February 29 71k
34 Error found in EOP Corrections in AIPS Task CLCOR R. C. Walker,  A. Brunthaler, and A. Mioduszewski 2011 December 1 81K
33 Using 1 GHz wide frequency setups at X-band L. Petrov, R. C. Walker 2011 April 1 566k
32 Multi-frequency ASTROMETRY with VSOP-2: An application of SOURCE/FREQUENCY PHASE REFERENCING (SFPR) techniques M. Rioja
R. Dodson
2009 September 8 686k
31 Astrometric calibration of mm-VLBI using source frequency phase referenced observations R. Dodson
M. Rioja
2009 August 6 624k
30 Polarization calibration of the VLBA using the D-terms J. Gomez, et al. 2002 March 20 197k
29 Separation of effects of main dish and subreflector at the holography measurements L. Kogan 2001 Dec 12 111k
28 The AGN Content in the Radio Regime of the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey of the Bootes Field: The Pilot VLBA Survey J. Wrobel et al. 2001 Dec 5 369k
27 Novice's Guide to Using the VLBA, Version 2.0
Updated version kept on VLBA web site.
J. Ulvestad 2001 Oct 23 151k
26 Polarization Angle Calibration Using the VLA Monitoring Program
G. B. Taylor
& S. T. Myers
2000 Oct 4 115k
25 A Step-by-Step Recipe for VLBA Data Calibration in AIPS: Updated version kept in AIPS Cookbook Appendix C
J. Ulvestad et al. 2000 June 13;
last updated 2008 November
185k
24 Strategies for Phase Referencing with the VLBA (postscript) J.M. Wrobel,
R. C. Walker,
and J.M. Benson
2000 June 15 563k
23 Ionospheric Corrections Using GPS Based Models (postscript)
Other formats: html
R. C. Walker
S. Chatterjee
1999 Dec 28 1.9M
22 Recipes for low frequency VLBI Phase-referencing and GPS Ionospheric Correction (postscript)
S. Chatterjee 1999 May 244k
21 A Strategy for Surveying Thousands of Continuum Sources with the VLBA (postscript)
Other formats: html
J. Wrobel 1999 April 29 67k
20 Phase-Referencing Cycle Times (postscript)
Other formats: html
J. Ulvestad 1999 April 9 228k
19 86-GHz Blazar Imaging on ARISE-VLBA Baselines (postscript)
Other formats: html
J. Ulvestad 1999 Jan 29 166k
18 How accurate is phase referencing at L-band? An assessment (postscript)
S. Chatterjee 1999 Jan 27 873k
17 VLBA 3mm Specs & Status (postscript)
Other formats: html
V. Dhawan 1998 June 1 93k
16 Delay and Delay Rate and Their Errors for an Orbiting Antenna L. Kogan 1997 Jan 20 96k
15 Position angle of the VSOP antenna feed L. Kogan 1996 Nov 15 237k
14 Not Available
13 Global Ground VLBI Network as a Tied Array for Space VLBI L. Kogan 1996 April 9 349k
12 Summary of the b-factor for the VLBA FX correlator L. Kogan 1995 Dec 11 52k
11 High Dynamic Range Imaging with the VLBA T. Cornwell
A. Kemball
J. Benson
1995 July 5 705k
10 Signal to Noise Ratio of an FX Correlator in Dependence on Weighting Function in FFT L. Kogan 1995 Feb 27 318k
9 Effect of Digitizers Errors on the Cross and Auto Correlation Response of an FX Correlator L. Kogan 1995 Feb 9 307k
8 Multi-Tone Per Band Pulse Cal R. Walker 1995 Jan 25 575k
7 Another Approach to Estimation of Detection Threshold for Global Fringe Fitting L. Kogan 1994 Feb 18 136k
6 B-factor of FX correlator for different pairs of digitizers (two- and four- levels quantization) L. Kogan 1993 Oct 13 233k
5 An investigation of the conversion function from the true correlation to measured one if the input signals are quantizated differently (two- and four- levels quantization) L. Kogan 1993 Sep 2 2.4M
4 Weak Source Detection: Comparison of Two Methods A. Rogers 1993 Aug 9 109k
3 Detection Threshold for Global Fringe Fitting A. Rogers 1993 July 26 170k
2 Point Source Detection Thresholds for Global Fringe Fitting W. Cotton
F. Schwab
1993 July 12 144k
1 Opacity Correction for High Frequency VLBI Observations K. Leppänen 1993 May 19 1.1M