exportuvfits – Convert a CASA visibility data set to a UVFITS file: – import/export task

Description

Parameters

Title

Parameter	Default	Description
vis	''
fitsfile	''
datacolumn	'corrected'
field	''
spw	''
antenna	''
timerange	''
avgchan	int(1)
writesyscal	False
multisource	True
combinespw	True
writestation	True
padwithflags	False
overwrite	False

Parameter Explanations

vis

''

Name of input visibility file

fitsfile

''

Name of output UV FITS file

datacolumn

'corrected'

Visibility file data column

field

''

Select field using field id(s) or field name(s)

spw

''

Select spectral window/channels

antenna

''

Select data based on antenna/baseline

timerange

''

Select data based on time range

avgchan

int(1)

DEPRECATED. Use mstransform to select and average data prior to running exportuvfits.

writesyscal

False

Write GC and TY tables, (Not yet available)

multisource

True

Write in multi-source format? Set to False if only one source is selected. Note that diffmap does not work on multisource uvfits files.

combinespw

True

Export the spectral windows as IFs

writestation

True

Write station name instead of antenna name

padwithflags

False

Fill in missing data with flags to fit IFs

overwrite

False

Overwrite output file if it exists?