jjtobin / auto_selfcal

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Add combinespwpol with gaintype='T' as a possible fallback mode for inf_EB #51

Closed psheehan closed 4 months ago

psheehan commented 4 months ago

This PR adds an additional gaintable to check for the inf_EB solint where combine="spw,scan" and gaintype='T' (instead of gaintype='G'), i.e. combining the polarizations in one last attempt to boost SNR. This mode is invoked in the event that the expected SNR increase from combining polarizations (i.e. by not losing as many antennas) is > X%. X = 5 currently.

@jjtobin - creating this pull request now, but testing is ongoing to see how this impacts a broader range of datasets and to check whether we need to adjust the thresholds at all.