Near Real-Time Radio Frequency Interference Monitoring Database for the Very Large Array

The radio frequency interference (RFI) environment of radio interferometers is an ever-evolving challenge. While mitigation and excision typically take precedence over source identification and monitoring, to effectively monitor the changing RFI landscape, we need to identify, quantify, and catalog the RFI and correlate it back to the sources of emission. A database of RFI would then allow us to schedule observations better and leverage the ability to coordinate with known emitters, such as overhead satellite constellations.