SCALE_FLUX
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SCALE_FLUX

            [CALIBRATE\]SCALE_FLUX Find|Apply|List|Calibrate [Args...]

        A  set  of commands to check flux calibration on a day to day basis.  It
        gives the ratio between the observed flux (in the current UV  data  set)
        and  the model flux for each separate period.  The Model flux can be de-
        rived from Clean Component Tables using the MODEL command, or read  from
        an outer file using READ MODEL.

        Error bars are approximate. The User-defined command SOLVE_FLUX performs
        a more accurate evaluation of the error, but is typically 50 times slow-
        er.

        SCALE_FLUX FIND [DateTolerance [UVmin UVmax]]
        determines,  by linear regression, the best scaling factor to match date
        by date the UV data set with the MODEL data set.  Separate  Periods  are
        defined  when Dates differ more than DateTolerance (default 1 day). Only
        data with baseline lengths in the range UVmin UVmax are  considered  for
        the regression (default all).

        SCALE_FLUX APPLY VarName
        apply  previously  determined  flux scale factors to the MODEL data set,
        previously read by READ MODEL. This is in general used only in an itera-
        tive  search  way,  e.g.  by  the user-defined command SOLVE_FLUX (which
        calls procedure solve_flux). The resulting UV data set  is  loaded  into
        the specified VarName SIC variable.

        SCALE_FLUX LIST
        print out dates, baselines and determined flux factors

        SCALE_FLUX CALIBRATE
        apply  previously  determined  flux scale factors to the current UV data
        set (i.e. divide the visibilities by the scaling factor  of  each  date,
        and  correct  the  weight  accordingly).  This may then be written using
        command WRITE UV .

        SCALE_FLUX SOLVE [DateTolerance [UVmin UVmax]]
        combines FIND and PRINT behaviours.