fit_speck_removal

Syntax

fit_speck_removal --help
fit_speck_removal [-vb] [-quiet] fitacfname

Synopsis

Removes salt and pepper noise from a fitacf file.

Options

`--help`	print the help message and exit.
`--version`	print the RST version number and exit.
`-vb`	print extra information in the terminal.
`-quiet`	prevent statistics from being printed in the terminal.
`fitacfname`	filename of the input `fitacf`-format file.

Description

Removes salt and pepper noise from a fitacf file. The quality flag in the center cell of a 3x3 range-time grid is set to zero if the median of the quality flags in the 3x3 grid is zero. This procedure is performed separately for each beam and channel. The output is a fitacf file with the salt and pepper noise removed, but otherwise identical to the input file.

Examples

fit_speck_removal 20170825.gbr.fitacf > 20170825.gbr.despeck.fitacf

Perform the speck removal procedure on the fitacf-format file named "20170825.gbr.fitacf". The output file is called "20170825.gbr.despeck.fitacf".