List of Stored Parameters


  • (1)=Row Number
  • (2)=Length in ascii representation
  • (3)=Start column in ascii representation
  • (4)=Stop column in ascii representation
  • (5)=Size as stored in HP binary format
  • (6)=Accumulated record length in HP binary format
  • (7)=Code for binary storage:
  • I04=4-byte integer
  • R08=8-byte floating (double precision)
  • Cnn=character of length nn
  • (8)=Brief Description
  • (1)(2) (3)-(4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
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  • 01 09 001-009 09 009 C09 Source Name 1950
  • 02 11 011-021 11 020 C11 Source Name J2000
  • 03 05 023-027 04 024 I04 MJD
  • 04 08 029-036 08 032 C08 Start time of scan hh:mm:ss
  • 05 08 038-045 04 036 I04 Observatory Scan Number
  • 06 01 047-047 01 037 C01 Polarisation (R,L,H,V,1=R?,2=L?,3=R+L,4=H+V,5=other ave)
  • 07 08 049-056 08 045 R08 Bandwidth in MHz
  • 08 01 058-058 01 046 C01 A=Average of other profiles, D=ave over day and polarisations, blank = raw scan
  • 09 01 059-059 01 047 C01 Quality Code for AMP Cal
  • 10 01 060-060 01 048 C01 Quality Code for TOA systematic cal
  • 11 13 062-074 08 056 R08 Observed center freq, in MHz
  • 12 13 076-088 08 064 R08 Reference freq in MHz, from dispersion measure correction.
  • 13 04 090-093 04 068 I04 Number of frequency bins available to average
  • 14 04 095-098 04 072 I04 Number of frequency bins averaged into profile
  • 15 02 100-101 04 076 I04 Number of frequency sets observed independently but in parallel (e.g. 1385 MHz, 1405 MHz, etc)
  • 16 02 103-104 04 080 I04 Number of polarisations observed in parallel
  • 17 16 106-121 08 088 R08 Assumed period in milliseconds (Time resolution=period/nbins)
  • 18 07 123-129 08 096 R08 Integration Time in seconds
  • 19 04 131-134 04 100 I04 Number of time resolution bins in profile
  • 20 04 136-139 08 108 R08 SNR of profile (Signal RSS to half-max /Off-peak rms)
  • 21 06 141-146 08 116 R08 Profile Peak Strength/(Off-peak rms)
  • 22 09 148-156 08 124 R08 Profile Integrated Strength/(Off-peak rms)
  • 23 04 158-161 08 132 R08 Profile FWHM, in units of data bins
  • 24 04 163-166 08 140 R08 Profile FWtM (Full Width at 10% max), in data bins
  • 25 07 168-174 08 148 R08 Profile Off-peak rms, in same units as data
  • 26 08 176-183 08 156 R08 Bin where profile is maximum, from simple 3-point parabolic fit
  • 27 05 185-189 08 164 R08 Instrumental timing offset (this profile - value in timing file), microsec
  • 28 12 191-202 08 172 R08 Template-fitted TOA for profile, in bins
  • 29 05 204-208 08 180 R08 Formal Error of Template-fitted TOA for profile, in bins
  • 30 02 210-211 02 182 C02 How template-fitting done (C=crosscorrelation, F=Fourier Transform)
  • 31 09 213-221 08 190 R08 Suggested DM
  • 32 05 223-227 08 198 R08 System Temperature
  • 33 08 229-236 08 206 R08 Assumed antenna gain (Jy/K)
  • 34 08 238-245 08 214 R08 Factor to convert data into Antenna Temperature, Data in K=F*Rawdata
  • 35 08 247-254 08 222 R08 Factor to convert data into mJy. Data in mJy=F*Rawdata
  • 36 05 256-260 08 230 R08 Assumed Cal temperature, K
  • 37 06 262-267 04 234 I04 Integer suffix of template in template file (")
  • 38 06 269-274 04 238 I04 Integer suffix for profile data
  • 39 06 276-281 04 242 I04 Record number for comments file (if 0, no entry)
  • 40 05 283-287 04 246 I04 Last date any entry or file for this observation changed, mjd
  • 41 16 289-304 08 254 R08 Start time of scan in fraction of a day
  • 42 16 306-321 08 262 R08 Site time of middle bin of profile, fraction of day at middle of scan
  • 43 16 323-338 08 270 R08 Green Bank "dither/offset" variable, in microsec
  • 44 10 340-349 10 280 C10 Which site time reference name (which maser, gps, etc.)
  • 45 08 351-358 08 288 R08 Receiver time -site time reference, microsec (0 if corrected)
  • 46 08 360-367 08 296 R08 Site time reference-External standard, microsec
  • 47 10 369-378 10 306 C10 Which external standard (USNO, NIST, etc.)
  • 48 10 380-389 08 314 R08 External time standard-TAI, microsec
  • 49 08 391-398 08 322 R08 TAI-TT (suggested) microsec
  • 50 12 400-411 08 330 R08 Station Delay from axes to back end (sec)
  • 51 12 413-424 08 338 R08 Delay through backend
  • 52 09 426-434 08 346 R08 DM used to collapse frequencies
  • 53 09 436-444 08 354 R08 DM of Taylor and Cordes, 1993
  • 54 01 446-446 01 355 C01 Profile Format 4 if real*4, 8 if real*8
  • 55 02 448-449 02 357 C02 Antenna - in Princeton Code
  • 56 07 451-457 07 364 C07 Backend - (Princeton Code)
  • 57 05 459-463 05 369 C05 Program Name
  • 58 08 465-472 08 377 C08 Principle Investigator
  • 59 08 474-481 08 385 C08 Institution of PI
  • 60 05 483-487 04 389 I04 Date profile given to database, mjd
  • 61 15 489-503 15 404 C15 First publication
  • 62 15 505-519 15 419 C15 Any publication in refereed journal
  • 63 15 521-535 15 434 C15 Data base name as known to USNO