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diff --git a/docs/guide.rst b/docs/guide.rst index 0b491b0..02e077c 100644 --- a/docs/guide.rst +++ b/docs/guide.rst @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ User Guide ========== +----------- +Get Started +----------- + This is a simple guide on how to use the **fg21sim** package to carry out the foregrounds simulation, which produces the all-sky maps or sky patches of the enabled foreground components. @@ -39,3 +43,30 @@ Finally, the foregrounds simulation can be kicked off by executing:: The program will read configurations from file ``fg21sim.conf``, and log messages to both the screen and file ``fg21sim.log``. + +--------- +Sky Patch +--------- + +When doing high-resolution simulations, it is more appropriate to specify +a sky patch (e.g., 10x10 deg^2) instead of using the whole sky. + +For simulating Galactic diffuse emission maps, the template sky patches +are required as the input. To generate such sky patches, use the +``get-healpix-patch`` tool to extract the needed patch from the all-sky +HEALPix template maps. + + +------------- +Point Sources +------------- + +The sky maps of extragalactic point sources can be simulated using +these `pointsource tools`_ that were developed for use in +`Wang et al. 2010`_. + + +.. _`pointsource tools`: + https://github.com/liweitianux/radio-fg-simu-tools/tree/master/pointsource +.. _`Wang et al. 2010`_: + http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ApJ...723..620W |