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{{Using CASA}}
[[Category: CASA Basics]]
== For Newcomers ==
== For Newcomers ==
* [[Importing Data into CASA]]
* [[Loading and Running Tasks]]
* [[Loading and Running Tasks]]
* [[Selecting Spectral Windows and Channels]]
* [[Selecting Spectral Windows and Channels]]
* [http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~sbhatnag/misc/msselection/msselection.html General description of the data selection syntax]
* [http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~sbhatnag/misc/msselection/msselection.html General description of the data selection syntax]
* [[Interpreting CASA output]]
* [[New Startup Screen]]
* [[Starting CASA Without the Logger]]
* [[What Version of CASA am I Running?]]
* [[Capturing Return Values]]
* [[Accessing the Newest Version of CASA at NRAO]]
* [[CASA Region Format]] and [[CASA Region Format Examples]]


== More Advanced Topics ==


== More Advanced Topics ==
=== General ===


* [[Setting Up the Available Memory]]
* [[Fixing out of date TAI_UTC tables (missing information on leap seconds)]]
* [[Renaming a Field]]
* [[Renaming a Field]]
* [[Renaming Antennas]]
* [[Creating lists of files for task input: using glob]]
* [[Creating lists of files for task input: using glob]]
* [[Waiting for read-lock on file]]
* [[Waiting for read-lock on file]]
* [http://casa.nrao.edu/aips2_docs/notes/223/index.shtml Lattice Expression Language (LEL) as used, e.g. in ''immath'']
* [http://casa.nrao.edu/Memos/229.html Definition of a Measurement Set]
* [http://casa.nrao.edu/Memos/240.html Definition of a Calibration Table]
* [[CASA Parallel Processing]]
* [[Creating lists of files for task input: using glob]]
* [[Creating lists of files for task input: using glob]]
=== Calibration ===
* [[Combining Bandpasses]]
* [[Create a Component List for Selfcal]]
* [[Creating a Model for a Resolved Bandpass Calibrator]]
=== Imaging ===
* [http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~rurvashi/ImagingAlgorithmsInCasa/ImagingAlgorithmsInCasa.html Description of Imaging Algorithms in CASA]
* [[Diverging deconvolution results in 'csclean' and 'mosaic' modes]]
* [[Diverging deconvolution results in 'csclean' and 'mosaic' modes]]
* [[Combining Bandpasses]]
* [[Create a Simulated Image]]
* [http://aips2.nrao.edu/docs/notes/223/223.html Lattice Expression Language (LEL) as used, e.g. in ''immath'']
 
* [http://casa.nrao.edu/Memos/229.html Definition of a Measurement Set]
=== Analysis ===
* [http://casa.nrao.edu/Memos/240.html Definition of a Calibration Table]
 
* [[How to rotate and slice a cube for pV diagrams]]
* [[Masking images for analysis]]
* [[Stacking Multiple Spectral Lines at Same Position]]
 
=== Writing a CASA Task ===
 
* [[Writing a CASA Task]]
 
Presents the basics of writing a CASA task, and provides examples of tasks that will be helpful and instructive.  
 
== EVLA ==
* [[Some Notes on VLA / EVLA gain curves and fluxscale]]
* [[VLA LST Calculator]]
 





Latest revision as of 15:49, 20 August 2012

Using CASA

For Newcomers

More Advanced Topics

General

Calibration

Imaging

Analysis

Writing a CASA Task

Presents the basics of writing a CASA task, and provides examples of tasks that will be helpful and instructive.

EVLA


Also check out the step-by-step tutorials on this wiki!


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