SABOCA Array Parameters

Here we collect the array parameter files for all SABOCA observing intervals at APEX. For the reduction of a project which was observed during a given interval, download the corresponding rcp-file and include it into your BoA session or reduction macro via updateRCP('filename'). You should also check the lists of suspicious channels (if there are any) and exclude them from your data reduction, if necessary. See the BoA User Manual for further details.

The results presented here should not prevent you from checking your target data for bad channels (i.e. showing excess noise). The MBFITS raw data files for all beammaps should be available from the ESO data archive.

2012 (Periods P89 and P90)

Period	Parameter file	Suspicious channels	# of maps	Details
Aug 2012 (20/07-20/09)	saboca-2012-08.rcp	22	8	Scans: 54309, 62085, 62270, 64148, 64152, 65430, 65432, 77195 Details
Jun 2012 (12/05-11/06)	saboca-2012-06.rcp	20, 21, 22	5	Scans: 36946, 38752, 38923, 38925, 40974 Details

2011 (Periods P87 and P88)

Period	Parameter file	Suspicious channels	# of maps	Details
Sep 2011 (16/08-26/10)	saboca-2011-09.rcp	None.	8	Scans: 58485, 59781, 60100, 63131, 65498, 67197, 67867, 71021 Details
Jul 2011 (11/07-29/07)	saboca-2011-07.rcp	None.	4	Scans: 42565, 42569, 44560, 44574 Details
Jun 2011 (25/06-01/07)	saboca-2011-06.rcp	None.	3	Scans: 40400, 40401, 40691 Details
Apr 2011 (03/04-02/05)	saboca-2011-04.rcp	None.	10	Scans: 13067, 13068, 21383, 21447, 21449, 21451, 21453, 21455, 21457, 22576 Details

2010 (Periods P85 and P86)

Period	Parameter file	Suspicious channels	# of maps	Details
Nov 2010 (03/11-18/11)	saboca-2010-11.rcp	None.	4	Scans: 83932, 83934, 84447, 84449 Details
Sep 2010 (16/09-02/10)	saboca-2010-09.rcp	None.	6	Scans: 68873, 68874, 69248, 74208, 74209, 74295 Details
Aug 2010 (01/08-29/08)	saboca-2010-08.rcp	None.	10	Scans: 52557, 52559, 52561, 57990, 58414, 58874, 59584, 62307, 62341, 62342 Details
May 2010 (04/05-29/06)	saboca-2010-05.rcp	None.	11	Scans: 22646, 23493, 24044, 24070, 25596, 28692, 28708, 28709, 30795, 30977, 31536 Details
Mar 2010 (09/03-16/03)	saboca-2010-03.rcp	None.	4	Scans: 9905, 10054, 10061, 10063 Details

2009 (Periods P83 and P84)

Period	Parameter file	Suspicious channels	# of maps	Details
Nov 2009 (28/10-03/12)	saboca-2009-11.rcp	None.	4	Scans: 79146, 79266, 85550, 85558 Details
Sep 2009 (11/09-08/10)	saboca-2009-09.rcp	None.	4	Scans: 61835, 62154, 62282, 67434 Details
Jul 2009 (03/07-07/07)	saboca-2009-07.rcp	None.	3	Scans: 38436, 38437, 38785 Details
Mar 2009 (09/03-31/03)	saboca-2009-03.rcp	channel_flags-2009-03.boa	4	Scans: 7550, 9866, 9889, 9895 Details

2008 (Science Verification)

Period	Parameter file	Suspicious channels	# of maps	Details
Nov 2008 (22/11-25/11)	Technical time. Channel parameters for this period are not available.
Oct 2008 (06/10-08/10)	saboca-2008-10.rcp	channel_flags-2008-10.boa	8	Scans: 51753, 51766, 51772, 51773, 51786, 51788, 51790, 51792 Details
May 2008 (10/05-17/05)	saboca-2008-05.rcp	channel_flags-2008-05.boa	5	Scans: 15426, 15427, 15437, 15438, 15442 Details

Notes:

• We have collected the SABOCA array parameters and a few helper scripts to apply the correct RCP file as function of the observing date, convenient for you to download: SABOCA-reduction.tar.gz