AIPS-to-CASA Cheat Sheet
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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 |
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DEFAULT | DEFAULT | Load a task with default parameters |
TASK | INP | Load a task with current parameters |
INP | INP | View task parameters |
TGET | TGET | Load a task with parameters last used for that task |
GO | GO | Run a task |
UCAT | LS | List uv data files |
MCAT | LS | List image data files |
ZAP | 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 20:32, 10 February 2010 (UTC)