Splinter Session: The NRAO Science Ready Data Products Initiative and Using the VLA Sky Survey (Hybrid Event)
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Monday, 9 January 2023, 1:00-3:00 pm PST
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The NRAO Science Ready Data Products (SRDP) initiative aims to simplify and streamline the way users interact with radio interferometer data products. As part of this effort, we provide several services to users providing them with easier access to calibrated visibility data and reimaging/reprocessing services. At the same time, the VLA Sky Survey, an all-sky survey at 3 GHz and ~2.5” resolution, is providing science ready data for the entire survey. There are multiple classes of data products to support the various science themes of the survey. We will show how the SRDP services for ALMA data (delivery of a calibrated measurement set and reimaging of cubes) can be accessed from the NRAO archive. We will also show images processed using the new VLA imaging pipeline, and how to retrieve a calibrated VLA measurement set from the archive. The data products from the VLA Sky Survey will be described and demonstrated (including images and catalogs), and the tools that have been developed by the community to facilitate the use of VLASS data will be demonstrated.
This will be a hybrid meeting and members of the community not attending the AAS meeting will be able to join via Zoom. The meeting link will be posted shortly before the start of the session. The recording will also be available following the meeting.
Meeting link (to be active 30 mins before session): Zoom link
Light refreshments will be provided to in-person attendees.
Agenda:
| Speaker | Institution | Title | Time |
| John Tobin | NRAO | The Science Ready Data Products Program | 13:00 |
| Amy Kimball | NRAO | An Overview of the VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) | 13:20 |
| Trent Seelig | NRAO | VLASS Imaging Quality Assurance | 13:40 |
| Biny Sebastian | University of Manitoba | VLASS Catalogs | 14:00 |
| Greg Sivakoff | Uniersity of Alberta | VLASS Tools | 14:20 |
| Erik Carlson | University of Rhode Island | Customized VLASS SE Imaging | 14:40 |
