AIPS-to-CASA Cheat Sheet

For AIPS users who are learning CASA, it is intuitive to think about equivalent tasks between the two software packages. Below are some AIPS-to-CASA equivalent tasks; note that there is not always a one-to-one transformation between the two packages.

AIPS	CASA	Purpose
TASK	DEFAULT	Load a task with default parameters
INP	INP	View task parameters
TGET	TGET	Load a task with parameters last used
GO	GO	Run a task
UCAT	LS	List uv data files
MCAT	LS	List image data files
DELETE	RMTABLES	Delete data files
FILLM	IMPORTVLA	Import data
DBCON	CONCAT	Concatenate uv files
LISTR	LISTOBS	Print basic data
IMHEAD	VISHEAD	View header for uv data
IMHEAD	IMHEAD	View header for an image
PRTAN	LISTOBS	Print antenna locations
PRTAN	PLOTANTS	Plot antenna locations
QUACK	FLAGDATA	Remove first integrations from scans
UVFLG	FLAGDATA	Flag data
UVPLT	PLOTMS	Plot UV data
WIPER	PLOTMS	Plot and flag UV data
TVFLG	VIEWER	Flag raster image of time v. baseline
SPFLG	VIEWER	Flag raster image of time v. channel
SETJY	SETJY	Set flux densities for flux cals
GETJY	FLUXSCALE	Determine flux densities for other cals
CALIB	GAINCAL	Gain calibrate data
BPASS	BANDPASS	Bandpass calibrate data
SNPLT	PLOTCAL	Plot gain calibration tables
POSSM	PLOTCAL	Plot bandpass calibration tables
POSSM	PLOTMS	Plot spectra
CLCAL	APPLYCAL	Apply calibration to data
UVLIN	UVCONTSUB	Subtract continuum from uv data
UVLSF	UVCONTSUB	Subtract continuum from uv data
SPLIT	SPLIT	Write out uv files for individual sources
IMAGR	CLEAN	Image and deconvolve
TVALL	VIEWER	Display image

--Laura Chomiuk 21:57, 9 February 2010 (UTC)