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M.H. Wieringa
This chapter provides a list of common Miriad tasks, and their equivalent AIPS++ 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 AIPS++ who is familiar with Miriad, with a simple translation table to map their existing data reduction knowledge to the new package.
AIPS++is structured as a toolkit at the lower levels, while Miriad is a comprehensive collection of more monolithic applications. In general, the counterpart of an Miriad task is an AIPS++tool function, although the toolkit structure of AIPS++will generally mean that these functions are more fine-grained, except for the more integrated tools at the higher levels (such as map. The counterparts of Miriad parameters are the parameters of AIPS++tool functions. The command-line interpreter in Miriad is either the Miriad shell, which lets you set parameters and start tasks or a unix shell, while the counterpart in AIPS++is Glish. Scripts in Glish are more powerful equivalents of csh scripts with Miriad commands.
| Miriad Task | Description | AIPS++ tool/function |
| atlod | load ATCA data | atcafiller |
| blflag | Interactive baseline based editor/flagger | not yet available |
| cgcurs | Interactive image analysis | images |
| cgdisp | Image plotting, overlays | images, viewer |
| clean | Clean an image | imager |
| fits | FITS image filler | image.imagefromfits |
| gpboot | Set flux density scale | calibater.fluxscale |
| gpcal | Polarization leakage and gain calibration | calibrator with 'G' and 'D' |
| gpcopy | copy calibration tables | generally not needed |
| gpplt | Plot calibration solutions | calibrater.plotcal |
| imcomb | Image combination | images |
| imfit | Image-plane component fitter | imagefitter |
| impol | Create polarization images | imagepol |
| imstat | Image statistics | image.statistics |
| imsub | Extract sub-image | image.subimage |
| invert | Synthesis imaging | imager |
| linmos | linear mosaic combination of images | imager |
| maths | Calculations involving images | images.imagecalc |
| images.calc | ||
| mfcal | Bandpass and gain calibration | calibrator with 'G' and 'B' |
| prthd | Print header of image or uvdata | image.summary |
| ms.summary | ||
| restor | Restore a clean component model | imager |
| selfcal | selfcalibration of visibility data | imager, calibrater |
| tvclip | automated flagging based on clip levels | autoflag |
| tvdisp | Load image to TV display | viewer |
| tvflag | Interactive TB data editing | msplot |
| uvaver | Average/select data, apply calibration | average not available, |
| select e.g., with tablecommand | ||
| apply with calibrater.correct | ||
| uvfit | uv-plane component fitter | not yet available |
| uvflag | Command-based flagging | flagger |
| uvgen | Simulator | simulator |
| uvlist | List uv-data | tablebrowser |
| uvmodel | Source model computation | imager.ft |
| uvplt | uv-data plotting | ms |
| uvsplit | split uv file in sources and spectral windows | generally not needed |
MIRIAD package, http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/miriad/.