LOFAR PL610 Station Data Product Specification
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08. Okt. 2024
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2024-0006
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The metadata of the standardized LOFAR PL610 data product
Name of the attribute | Attribute description |
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StartTime | timestamp marking the beginning of the observation given in ISO 8601 datetime YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss(.SSSSSS) format |
StopTime | timestamp marking the end of the observation given in ISO 8601 datetime YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss(.SSSSSS) format |
Lane | technical parameters defining which lane was used during measurements. It is a numerical value (e.g., 1, 2, 3 or 4) |
Target | the radio source used for the observations (e.g., CasA, TauA, CygA, VirA, Sun, Jupiter) |
Digdir | the right ascension, declination, and epoch (J2000 for the available data) |
Anadir | the right ascension, declination, and the epoch (J2000 for the available data) for HBA analogue beam forming |
Band | the bands on which the observations were carried out (e.g., 10_90, 110_190, 210_270) given in MHz |
SoftRev | Software Revision; it includes the name of the computer |
Datatype | the type of the data |
Observatory | the LOFAR station from which the observations were carried out. In the case of the described data sets – PL610 station |
Bitmode | source data bit resolution 4/8/16 bits |
FFTLength | the additional subband division using FFT (e.g. 1, 16). 1 – no division, spectral resolution: 195.0 kHz; 16 – spectrum resolution increase to 12.2 kHz |
TimeLength | the time of the observation given in seconds [s] and multiplied by 100 Hz; the number of samples measured per second |
SubbandNo | the number of observed frequencies |
dimensions(sizes) | Time(TimeLength), Subband(SubbandNo) |
variables(dimensions) | the variables including Stokes parameters ( |