PSRCHIVE User's Guide: Calibrating Data

Here, calibration is divided into two stages: polarimetric and flux calibration. For some instruments or experimental designs, depending on the available constraints, flux calibrator observations are required in order to perform the best polarimetric calibration. This is discussed in more detail in the following sections.
  1. Overview: Overview of Calibration.

  2. Polarization: Produce calibrated Stokes parameters.

  3. Flux: Measure the flux of the source in Janskys.