uvmodelfit – Fit a single component source model to the uv data – modeling, calibration task

Description

Fit a single component source model to the uv data

Title
Parameter	Default	Description
vis	`''`	Name of input visibility file
field	`''`	Select field using field id(s) or field name(s)
spw	`''`	Select spectral window/channels
selectdata	`True`	Other data selection parameters
timerange	`''`	Select data based on time range
uvrange	`''`	Select data within uvrange (default units meters)
antenna	`''`	Select data based on antenna/baseline
scan	`''`	Scan number range
msselect	`''`	Optional complex data selection (ignore for now)
niter	`int(5)`	Number of fitting iterations to execute
comptype	`'P'`	component model type: P(oint), G(aussian), or D(isk)
sourcepar	`numpy.array( [ float(1.0),float(0.0),float(0.0) ] )`	Starting guess for component parameters (3 values for type P, 5 for G and D)
varypar	`numpy.array( [ ] )`	Control which parameters to let vary in the fit
outfile	`''`	Optional output component list table

''

Name of input visibility file

''

Select field using field id(s) or field name(s)

''

Select spectral window/channels

True

Other data selection parameters

''

Select data based on time range

''

Select data within uvrange (default units meters)

''

Select data based on antenna/baseline

''

Scan number range

''

Optional complex data selection (ignore for now)

int(5)

Number of fitting iterations to execute

'P'

component model type: P(oint), G(aussian), or D(isk)

numpy.array( [ float(1.0),float(0.0),float(0.0) ] )

Starting guess for component parameters (3 values for type P, 5 for G and D)

numpy.array( [ ] )

Control which parameters to let vary in the fit

''

Optional output component list table