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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BLCAL | BLCAL | Calibrate amplitudes and phases in a baseline-based fashion. |
BPASS | BANDPASS | Calibrate bandpasses |
CALIB | GAINCAL | Calibrate gains (amplitudes and phases) |
CLCAL | APPLYCAL | Apply calibration to data |
COMB | IMMATH | Combine images |
CPASS | BANDPASS | Calibrate bandpasses by polynomial fitting |
DBCON | CONCAT | Concatenate uv datasets |
DEFAULT | DEFAULT | Load a task with default parameters |
FILLM | IMPORTVLA | Import old-format VLA data |
FITLD | IMPORTUVFITS | Import a uv dataset which is in FITS format |
FITLD | IMPORTFITS | Import an image which is in FITS format |
FITTP | EXPORTUVFITS | Write a uv dataset to FITS format |
FRING | --- | Calibrate group delays and phase rates. |
GETJY | FLUXSCALE | Determine flux densities for other cals |
GO | GO | Run a task |
IMAGR | CLEAN | Image and deconvolve |
IMFIT | IMFIT | Fit gaussian components to an image |
IMHEAD | VISHEAD | View header for uv data |
IMHEAD | IMHEAD | View header for an image |
IMLIN | IMCONTSUB | Subtract continuum in image plane |
IMLOD | IMPORTFITS | Import a FITS image |
IMSTAT | IMSTAT | Measure statistics on an image |
INP | INP | View task parameters |
JMFIT | IMFIT | Fit gaussian components to an image |
LISTR | LISTOBS | Print basic data |
MCAT | LS | List image data files |
OHGEO | IMREGRID | Regrids an image onto another image's geometry |
PBCOR | IMMATH | Correct an image for the primary beam |
POSSM | PLOTCAL | Plot bandpass calibration tables |
POSSM | PLOTMS | Plot spectra |
PRTAN | LISTOBS | Print antenna locations |
PRTAN | PLOTANTS | Plot antenna locations |
QUACK | FLAGDATA | Remove first integrations from scans |
SETJY | SETJY | Set flux densities for flux cals |
SMOTH | IMSMOOTH | Smooth an image |
SNPLT | PLOTCAL | Plot gain calibration tables |
SPFLG | VIEWER | Flag raster image of time v. channel |
SPLIT | SPLIT | Write out uv files for individual sources |
TASK | INP | Load a task with current parameters |
TGET | TGET | Load a task with parameters last used for that task |
TVALL | VIEWER | Display image |
TVFLG | VIEWER | Flag raster image of time v. baseline |
UCAT | LS | List uv data files |
UVFLG | FLAGDATA | Flag data |
UVLIN | UVCONTSUB | Subtract continuum from uv data |
UVLSF | UVCONTSUB | Subtract continuum from uv data |
UVPLT | PLOTMS | Plot UV data |
WIPER | PLOTMS | Plot and flag UV data |
ZAP | RMTABLES | Delete data files |
--Laura Chomiuk 20:32, 10 February 2010 (UTC)