CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
ATCA Users Guide
Preface
this Guide
Conventions
(1) The Australia Telescope Compact Array
/1./The Australia Telescope Compact Array
/1.1/The Australia Telescope National Facility
/1.2/Overview of the ATCA
/1.3/Centimetre Observations (16–3 cm bands)
/1.4/Millimetre-wave observations (15mm–3mm)
/1.5/Choosing an Observing Frequency
/1.6/Choosing Angular and Frequency Resolution
/1.7/Additional Observing Notes and Techniques
/1.8/High Time Resolution, Pulsars, Planets and VLBI
/1.9/Other Things to Consider
/1.10/Submitting a proposal
/1.11/Successful Proposals
(2) Preparing for Observations
/2./Preparing for Observations
/2.1/Scheduling Strategy
/2.2/Calibration Requirements
/2.3/How to Prepare a Schedule File
/2.4/How to Prepare a Mosaic File
/2.5/Observation Requirements
/2.6/Pre-observation Checklist
(3) Observing
/3./Observing
/3.1/Changeover
/3.2/Setting up
/3.3/Observing
/3.4/Troubleshooting
/3.5/cm Observing Startup Checklist
/3.6/mm Observing Startup Checklist
(4) After your Observations
/4./After your Observations
/4.1/Archiving Your Data
/4.2/Report Your Experiences
/4.3/Data Analysis
/4.4/Publishing Results
(A) caobs reference
/A./caobs reference
/A.1/Using caobs
(B) cacor reference
/B./cacor reference
/B.1/Cacor Status Panel
/B.2/Cacor Data Panel
/B.3/Cacor Timing Panel
/B.4/Cacor Log Panel
/B.5/Cacor Command Panel
/B.6/Cacor Commands
(C) SPD reference
/C./SPD reference
/C.1/Introduction to SPD
/C.2/SPD Commands
(D) vis
/D./vis
/D.1/VIS Commands
(E) Web Scheduler
/E./Web Scheduler
/E.1/Scheduler Fields
/E.2/Scheduler Actions
(F) Observatory Coordinates
/F./Observatory Coordinates
/F.1/Site Location
/F.2/Station Locations
(G) ATCA Configurations
/G./ATCA Configurations
/G.1/Array Configurations
/G.2/Shadowing Diagrams
(H) People to contact
/H./People to contact
Index
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4.1 Archiving Your Data

There are several means for you to obtain a copy of your data once you have finished your observations. The following subsections will describe these methods in detail.

You are requested to make a copy of your data as soon as possible after the observations.

4.1.1 Optical Disk

You can back up your data to DVD. Each DVD holds 4400 MB, and the files from CABB are never allowed to grow larger than this size.

To make a DVD copy of your data, perform the following steps:

4.1.2 Portable Storage

Since CABB data is very large, it will be more convenient to take your files away on a portable hard drive than on multiple DVDs. To get your files onto your portable drive, you may use any of the PCs in the observer’s area by following the steps:

The local archive should keep up to three months of data. For older data files, you should go to the Online Archive.

4.1.3 Laptop

You can also copy your data to your laptop in a similar fashion to that described in Portable Storage. When your laptop is plugged in to a pink cable, you may access NELLE, so you can copy your data with the command:

scp username@nelle:/DATA/ARCHIVE_1/ATCA/archive/*.CX167 .

which would copy all project CX167 data, and where username is your ATNF username.

4.1.4 Online Archive

Your CABB data will appear on the Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA, http://atoa.atnf.csiro.au) within a few days to a few weeks after the end of your observations. Using the OPAL account you used to submit your successful proposal, you will have access to your data. Full instructions for how to use the archive interface are available on the website.

4.1.5 Remote Copy

If you are unable to get your data from the ATOA as soon as you would like, then you may get it directly from the disk on KAPUTAR that buffers the data.

To do this, you must set up an SSH tunnel from your local machine to KAPUTAR via the ATNF gateway machine VENICE. This can be set up with the command:

ssh -L 12345:kaputar:22 username@venice.atnf.csiro.au

where username is your ATNF username. This will log you into VENICE and set up the SSH tunnel. To copy data from KAPUTAR you should go to another terminal and do something like:

scp -P 12345 username@localhost:/DATA/ARCHIVE_1/ATCA/archive/2010-06-24_1342.C999 .


Users Guide last modified on 2011-04-27 15:49:06