Extinction correction and on-sky calibration of SCUBA-2
Jessica T. Dempsey, Per Friberg, Tim Jenness, Dan Bintley, Wayne S., Holland
TL;DR
This paper presents novel techniques for calibrating the SCUBA-2 instrument by analyzing on-sky performance and atmospheric conditions, improving flux calibration and stability monitoring.
Contribution
It introduces new methods for on-sky calibration and atmospheric characterization during SCUBA-2 commissioning, enhancing calibration accuracy.
Findings
Effective characterization of instrument response to sky noise.
Improved understanding of atmospheric opacity and stability.
Enhanced calibration procedures for SCUBA-2.
Abstract
Commissioning of SCUBA-2 included a program of skydips and observations of calibration sources intended to be folded into regular observing as standard methods of source flux calibration and to monitor the atmospheric opacity and stability. During commissioning, it was found that these methods could also be utilised to characterise the fundamental instrument response to sky noise and astronomical signals. Novel techniques for analysing on-sky performance and atmospheric conditions are presented, along with results from the calibration observations and skydips.
Peer Reviews
No public reviews on file for this paper yet. If you reviewed it on a platform where reviews are public (OpenReview, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML), you can paste yours below so the community can read it here.
Videos
No videos yet. Explain this paper in a talk, walkthrough, or lecture? Add one.