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
	Split out calibrated data	split	ms.split
SETJY	Set source properties	setjy	im.setjy
ZAP	Delete a file	rm (unix)	rm (unix)
TVBOX	Set regions in an image	qtviewer	qtviewer
TVFID	Adjust TV display	qtviewer	qtviewer
TVLOD	Load image to TV display	qtviewer	qtviewer
SPFLG	Interactive line data editing	plotxy	mp
TAPLT	General table plotting	plotxy	tb, tp
VPLOT	Baseline-based uv-data plotting	plotxy	mp
MCAT	List image catalog	NA	ia.summary
MOVE	Move uv-data files	NA	not needed
MSORT	Sort uv-data	NA	not needed
RENAME	Rename file name	NA	not needed
TRANS	Transpose an image	NA	not needed
UCAT	List uv-data catalog	NA	not needed
		mosaic	im
		mosaic	im
DTSUM	uv-data summary	listobs	ms.summary
IMH	File header summary	listobs	ms.summary
PRTAN	List AN table data	listobs	ms.history,tb
FITTP	UVFITS writer	importuvfits,exportuvfits	ms.tofits,fitstoms
IMLOD	FITS image filler	importfits	ia.imagefromfits
FILLM	VLA filler	importarchive	vlafiller
CALIB	(A,) self-calibration	gaincal	cb.setsolve,solve (G)
GETJY	Set flux density scale	fluxscale	cb.fluxscale
TVFLG	Interactive TB data editing	flagxy,flagdata	mp
SPLIT	Apply calibration	correct	cb.correct
UVLSF	UV continuum subtraction	contsub	ms.continuumsub
APCLN	CLEAN deconvolution (deprecated)	clean	im.clean
IMAGR	Synthesis imaging	clean	im
MX	Synthesis imaging	clean	im
BPASS	Bandpass calibration	bandpass	cb.setsolve,solve (B)
BLCAL	Baseline-based (A,) calibration		cb.setsolve,solve (M,MF)
BLING	Baseline-based fringe-fitter		cb.setsolve,solve (K)
CCEDT	Edit CC tables		cm
COMB	Image combination		ia.calc, ia.imagepol
CPASS	Polynomial bandpass calibration		cb.setsolvebandpoly,solve
DBCON	uv-data concatenation		ms.concatenate
DTSIM	Simulator		sm
FRING	fringe-fitter		cb.setapply, K
IMFIT	Image-plane component fitter		ia.imagefitter
IMLIN	Image-plane continuum subtraction		ia.continuumsub
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
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
PRTUV	List uv-data		tb
SNPLT	Plot calibration solutions		cp.plot
SUBIM	Extract sub-image		ia.subimage
TBIN	Read table from ASCII format		tablefromascii
TBOUT	Write table to ASCII format		tb.toascii
UVCON	Simulator		sm
UVFIT	uv-plane component fitter		cb.modelfit
UVFLG	Command-based flagging		af
UVLOD	UV-FITS filler		ms.fitstoms
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

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-- JosephMcMullin - 26 Sep 2006