AIPS -- CASA dictionary
This appendix provides a list of common AIPS tasks, and their
equivalent CASA task and tool (or tool function) names. The two packages differ
in both their architecture and calibration and imaging models, and
there is often not a direct correspondence. However, this index does
provide a scientific user of CASA who is familiar with AIPS, with a
simple translation table to map their existing data reduction
knowledge to the new package.
The index includes common AIPS tasks and verbs; adverbs are not
included. Capabilities which exceed those available in AIPS are not
listed here.
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AIPS Task/Verb |
Description |
CASA Task |
CASA tool/function |
APCLN |
CLEAN deconvolution (deprecated) |
clean |
im.clean |
BLCAL |
Baseline-based (A, ) calibration |
|
cb.setsolve,solve (M,MF) |
BLING |
Baseline-based fringe-fitter |
|
cb.setsolve,solve (K) |
BPASS |
Bandpass calibration |
bandpass |
cb.setsolve,solve (B) |
CCEDT |
Edit CC tables |
|
cm |
COMB |
Image combination |
|
ia.calc, ia.imagepol |
CPASS |
Polynomial bandpass calibration |
|
cb.setsolvebandpoly,solve |
CALIB |
(A, ) self-calibration |
gaincal |
cb.setsolve,solve (G) |
DBCON |
uv-data concatenation |
|
ms.concatenate |
DTSIM |
Simulator |
|
sm |
DTSUM |
uv-data summary |
listobs |
ms.summary |
FILLM |
VLA filler |
importarchive |
vlafiller |
FITTP |
UVFITS writer |
importuvfits,exportuvfits |
ms.tofits,fitstoms |
FRING |
fringe-fitter |
|
cb.setapply, K |
GETJY |
Set flux density scale |
fluxscale |
cb.fluxscale |
IMAGR |
Synthesis imaging |
clean |
im |
|
|
mosaic |
im |
IMFIT |
Image-plane component fitter |
|
ia.imagefitter |
IMLIN |
Image-plane continuum subtraction |
|
ia.continuumsub |
IMLOD |
FITS image filler |
importfits |
ia.imagefromfits |
IMH |
File header summary |
listobs |
ms.summary |
IMSTAT |
Image statistics |
|
ia.statistics,qtviewer |
ISPEC |
Plot image slice |
|
qtviewer |
JMFIT |
Image-plane component fitter |
|
ia.imagefitter |
LISTR |
List uv and calibration data |
|
tablebrowser |
MCAT |
List image catalog |
NA |
ia.summary |
MOVE |
Move uv-data files |
NA |
not needed |
MSORT |
Sort uv-data |
NA |
not needed |
MX |
Synthesis imaging |
clean |
im |
|
|
mosaic |
im |
OMFIT |
Fit source to uv-data |
|
ms.modelfit |
PBCOR |
Primary beam correction |
|
im.setvp, vpmanager |
PCAL |
Polarization calibration |
|
cb.setsolve,solve |
PRTAB |
List table data |
|
tb |
PRTAN |
List AN table data |
listobs |
ms.history,tb |
PRTUV |
List uv-data |
|
tb |
RENAME |
Rename file name |
NA |
not needed |
SETJY |
Set source properties |
setjy |
im.setjy |
SNPLT |
Plot calibration solutions |
|
cp.plot |
SUBIM |
Extract sub-image |
|
ia.subimage |
SPFLG |
Interactive line data editing |
plotxy |
mp |
SPLIT |
Apply calibration |
correct |
cb.correct |
|
Split out calibrated data |
split |
ms.split |
TAPLT |
General table plotting |
plotxy |
tb, tp |
TBIN |
Read table from ASCII format |
|
tablefromascii |
TBOUT |
Write table to ASCII format |
|
tb.toascii |
TRANS |
Transpose an image |
NA |
not needed |
TVBOX |
Set regions in an image |
qtviewer |
qtviewer |
TVFID |
Adjust TV display |
qtviewer |
qtviewer |
TVFLG |
Interactive TB data editing |
flagxy,flagdata |
mp |
TVLOD |
Load image to TV display |
qtviewer |
qtviewer |
UCAT |
List uv-data catalog |
NA |
not needed |
UVCON |
Simulator |
|
sm |
UVFIT |
uv-plane component fitter |
|
cb.modelfit |
UVFLG |
Command-based flagging |
|
af |
UVLOD |
UV-FITS filler |
|
ms.fitstoms |
UVLSF |
UV continuum subtraction |
contsub |
ms.continuumsub |
UVMOD |
Simulator |
|
sm |
UVPRT |
List uv-data |
|
tb |
UVSRT |
Sort uv-data |
|
not needed |
UVSUB |
Source model computation |
|
im.ft |
VBPLT |
Baseline-based uv-data plotting |
|
mp |
VMEM |
MEM deconvolution |
|
im.mem |
VPLOT |
Baseline-based uv-data plotting |
plotxy |
mp |
ZAP |
Delete a file |
rm (unix) |
rm (unix) |
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--
JosephMcMullin - 26 Sep 2006