MIRIAD -- CASA dictionary

This appendix provides a list of common Miriad tasks, and their equivalent CASA 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 MIRIAD, with a simple translation table to map their existing data reduction knowledge to the new package.

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MIRIAD Task	Description	CASA tool/function
atlod	load ATCA data	atcafiller
blflag	Interactive baseline based editor/flagger	mp raster displays
cgcurs	Interactive image analysis	qtviewer
cgdisp	Image display, overlays	qtviewer
clean	Clean an image	im
fits	FITS image filler	ia.imagefromfits
gpboot	Set flux density scale	cb.fluxscale
gpcal	Polarization leakage and gain calibration	cb with 'G' and 'D'
gpcopy	copy calibration tables	not needed
gpplt	Plot calibration solutions	cp.plot
imcomb	Image combination	im
imfit	Image-plane component fitter	ia.imagefitter
impol	Create polarization images	ia.imagepol
imstat	Image statistics	ia.statistics
imsub	Extract sub-image	ia.subimage
invert	Synthesis imaging	im
linmos	linear mosaic combination of images	im
maths	Calculations involving images	ia.imagecalc, ia.calc
mfcal	Bandpass and gain calibration	cb with 'G' and 'B'
prthd	Print header of image or uvdata	ia.summary, ms.summary
restor	Restore a clean component model	im
selfcal	selfcalibration of visibility data	im, cb
tvclip	automated flagging based on clip levels	af
tvdisp	Load image to TV display	qtviewer
tvflag	Interactive TB data editing	mp
uvaver	Average/select data, apply calibration	ms.split
uvfit	uv-plane component fitter	cb
uvflag	Command-based flagging	af
uvgen	Simulator	sm
uvlist	List uv-data	tb
uvmodel	Source model computation	im.ft
uvplt	uv-data plotting	ms
uvsplit	split uv file in sources and spectral windows	ms.split

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-- JosephMcMullin - 27 Sep 2006