ASKAP is designed as a wide-field-of-view survey instrument. Details of the nine ASKAP Survey Science Projects are provided on the ASKAP Science webpage. The cryogenically-cooled phased array feed receiver on Murriyang, our Parkes radio telescope will revitalise wide-area single-dish surveys in the Southern hemisphere. The ATCA has carried out large-area surveys at a range of observing frequencies, including the all-Southern-sky 20 GHz survey and the GLASS Legacy survey at 5.5 and 9.5 GHz.
Capabilities
| Facility | Capabilities |
| ASKAP | ASKAP is designed for wide-field-of-view surveys between 700 MHz and 1.8 GHz. The primary science surveys produce data products that are available within CASDA and cover continuum, spectral line and transient surveys. Guest science project time allocation is available for smaller-scale surveys. |
| ATCA | ATCA has carried out wide-area surveys at a range of observing frequencies. We provide below details of GLASS (5.5 and 9.5 GHz), QUOCKA (cm-wavelength) and the AT20G (20 GHz) surveys. The ATCA has the capability for spectral line and continuum synthesis imaging surveys. |
| Murriyang | Murriyang provides high surface brightness sensitivity for mapping diffuse matter. Wide area pulsar, continuum and spectral line surveys have been carried out at a range of frequencies using a 70cm receiver, through the era of the multi beam receivers to the cryogenically-cooled phased array system. Even the single-pixel wide-band receivers can be used with the PEGASUS project currently surveying the entire Southern sky with the ultra-wide bandwidth low-frequency receiver. |
| LBA | Because of the high angular resolution, the LBA is not commonly used for wide-area surveys. However, the LBA is used to follow-up, monitor and characterise the sources discovered using the other facilities. |
