>> The main application of this that I envision is examining the power spectra
>> of individual SCUBA-2 bolometers. If this modification you describe allows
>> me to write the FFT using the native complex type, and use kappa commands to
>> calculate new NDFs like:
>>
>> power = real^2 + imag^2
>> argument = atan(real/imag)
>>
>> then I would be happy, as I could then easily plot these real-valued
>> vectors.
>
> Can't do this as things stand at the moment, but it would be pretty
> easy to write a task that converts a complex valued input NDF Into two
> real valued output NDFs (or the other way round).
>
>> An alternative would be for me to simply write out two separate
>> (real-valued) components to the NDF (data_real, data_imag), and then I can
>> definately use kappa commands in the way I described.
>
> That would probably be the simplest way to proceed.
OK, I'll do it this way for now, since there isn't otherwise much need for
complex support.
thanks,
Ed
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