Capabilities of the Jansky VLA for Sky Surveys
by
Davis Murphy
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last modified
Jan 13, 2014
by
Steven Myers
We are providing a short summary of the Capabilities of the Jansky VLA for Sky Surveys (Version 2.0, PDF 172KB). This gives the salient characteristics of the VLA, such as its survey speed in the available observing bands, that can be used to calculate observing times for surveys. You should refer to the numbers in this document when preparing your white papers, to allow fair comparison between survey options