noise

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 NOISE N1 N2 N3 NCOPY METHOD [READ PHOT] SEED -- Copies a series of spectra, 
                              NCOPY times, adds noise.

 Parameters: 
     
  N1    -- Slot number of first spectrum to copy
  N2    -- Slot number of last spectrum to copy
  N3    -- First slot for copies
  NCOPY -- Number of copies.
  METHOD-- 'E' -- Adds noise according to error bars on spectrum. The
                  error bars on the output spectra are identical.

           'M' -- Adds noise by assuming a certain number of photons/mJy.
                  Takes no account of error bars on spectrum.

  If METHOD.EQ.'M' you need to specify:

  PHOT  -- Number of photons/mJy
  READ  -- Read out noise in photons to act as a floor.

 In any case:

  SEED  -- Seed integer for random number generator
           Enter 0 to carry on from old value.

 Associated routines: copy, boot

This command belongs to the classes: miscellaneous .


Tom Marsh, trm@astro.soton.ac.uk, Tue Oct 27 08:56:34 1998 .