October 2007 CASA Camp Training Materials

From October 16-18 2007 we held a CASA Training Boot Camp in Socorro, New Mexico. This intensive 3-day camp was aimed at training the first cadre of CASA User Support Specialists. The original schedule can be found here.

Below are links to the talks and the relevant training materials. NOTE: The scripts are from Beta Patch 1.0 and will likely not work in later versions.

• Day One:
  • Welcome --- S. Myers (PDF)
  • Introduction to CASA: Interface and Functionality --- J. McMullin (PDF)
    • Demo Script (CASAdemoscript.py)
  • Basic Data Reduction in CASA --- S. Myers (PDF)
    • Demo Script (ngc5921_usecase.py)
    • Demo Data (NGC5921.fits)
  • Exercises: CASA orientation (PDF)
  • Data Examination and Flagging --- S. Myers (PDF)
    • Demo Script (jupiter6cm_flagging.py)
    • Demo Data (planets_6cm.fits)
  • Basic Calibration --- G. Moellenbrock (PDF)
    • Demo Script (CASACamp_BasicCal.py)
  • Basic Imaging --- K. Golap (PDF)
    • Demo Script (CASACamp_BImaging_script.py)
  • Exercises: Basic Data Reduction
    • Calibration Script (jupiter6cm_calib.py)
    • Imaging Script (jupiter6cm_imaging.py)
    • Full Script (jupiter6cm_usecase.py)
• Day Two:
  • Advanced Calibration --- G. Moellenbrock (PDF)
    • N4826 Demo Script (CASACamp_advcal.py)
    • N4826 Demo Data (n4826.tar.gz)
    • H121 Demo Script (CASACamp_h121_09may.py)
    • H121 Demo Data (h121_09may.tar.gz)
  • Advanced Imaging --- K. Golap (PDF)
    • Demo Script (CASACamp_AImaging.py)
    • N5921 Demo Data (ngc5921.tar.gz)
    • Orion Demo Data (orion.tar.gz)
  • CASA Toolkit --- J. McMullin (PDF)
    • Demo Script (CASACamp_Tool_demo.py)
    • Demo Encoder Data (Vertex_ascii.dat)
  • Single Dish Analysis --- T. Tsutsumi (PDF)
    • Demo Script (CASACamp_sd_script.py)
    • Demo Data (OrionS_rawACSmod.tgz)
• Day Three:
  • Simulation --- K. Golap (PDF)
    • Demo Script (CASACamp_sim_observe.py)
    • Demo Data (glm.tar.gz)
  • Writing Tasks --- J. McMullin (PDF)
    • Demo Script (CASACamp_template.py)
  • Exercises: Simulation/Task Writing (PDF)
  • CASA User Support --- C. Chandler (PDF)
    Note - this talk is aimed at User Support Specialists
  • JIRA Defect Handling --- C. Brogan (PDF)
    Note - this talk is aimed at User Support Specialists

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