Real-time calibration of the Murchison Widefield Array

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 707-717

  Mitchell, Daniel A ^a   Greenhill, Lincoln J ^a   Wayth, Randall B ^a   Sault, Robert J ^a   Lonsdale, Colin J ^a   Cappallo, Roger J ^a   Morales, Miguel F ^a   Ord, Stephen M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Calibration; Dipole arrays; Radio astronomy; Radio interferometry

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PIPELINES; RADAR ASTRONOMY; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIO TELESCOPES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING; AUSTRALIA; CALIBRATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTING CLUSTERS; DATA RATES; DIPOLE ARRAYS; GALACTIC EMISSIONS; INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; IONOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; MURCHISON; PIPELINE DEVELOPMENTS; RADIO INTERFEROMETERS; RADIO INTERFEROMETRY; REAL TIMES; SIMULATED DATUMS; TIME CALIBRATIONS; WIDE FIELDS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 57949107214     PISSN: 19324553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTSP.2008.2005327     Document Type: Article

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