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Software Dictionary AIPS/aips++

AIPS++ Group, eds

A postscript version of this note is available.

The Miriad/AIPS++ dictionary

Mark Wieringa

Summary

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 arguments 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 Glishare more powerful equivalents of csh scripts with Miriad commands.

Miriad task index

Miriad Task Description AIPS++ tool/function

atlod load ATCA data atcafiller

blflag Interactive baseline based editor/flagger msplot raster displays

cgcurs Interactive image analysis Viewer

cgdisp Image display, overlays Viewer

clean Clean an image imager

fits FITS image filler image.imagefromfits

gpboot Set flux density scale calibrater.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 Imager

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

References

MIRIAD package, http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/miriad/.

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