Scantable Save and Export

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ASAP can save scantables in a variety of formats, suitable for reading into other packages. The formats are:

ASAP – This is the internal format used for ASAP. It is the only format that allows the user to restore the data, fits, etc., without losing any information. As mentioned before, the ASAP scantable is a CASA Table (memory-based table). This function just converts it to a disk-based table. You can access it with the CASA browsetable task or any other CASA table tasks.
SDFITS – The Single Dish FITS format. This format was designed for interchange between packages but few packages can actually read it.
ASCII – A simple text based format suitable for the user to process using Python or other means.
Measurement Set (V2: CASA format) – Saves the data in a Measurement Set. All CASA tasks which use an MS should work with this format.

scans.save(’output_filename’,’format’), e.g.,
CASA <19>: scans.save(’FLS3a_calfs’,’MS2’)

More information about CASA may be found at the CASA web page