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Table C.1

Definition of the symbols used to explore the influence of on-the-fly scanning on the measurement equation.

Symbol & Definition

δt Integration time
Scanned angle averaged during δt
ûp Spatial frequency averaged during δt
δ αs Angular distance scanned during δt
vslew Slew angular velocity of the telescope
A Primary beam apodizing function
Beff Effective primary beam resulting
from OTF scanning:
ωearth Angular velocity of a spatial frequency
due to Earth rotation

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