importatca – Import ATCA RPFITS file(s) to a measurement set – import/export task

Description

Imports an arbitrary number of ATCA RPFITS format data sets into a casa measurement set. If more than one band is present, they will be put in the same measurement set but in a separate spectral window. The task will handle both old ATCA and new CABB (after April 2009) archive data.

Parameters

Title
Parameter	Default	Description
files	`numpy.array( [ ] )`
vis	`''`
options	`''`
spw	`numpy.array( [ ] )`
nscans	`numpy.array( [ ] )`
lowfreq	`{'value': float(0.1), 'unit': 'GHz'}`
highfreq	`{'value': float(999), 'unit': 'GHz'}`
fields	`numpy.array( [ ] )`
edge	`float(8)`

Parameter Explanations

files

numpy.array( [ ] )

Name of input ATCA RPFits file(s)

vis

''

Name of output visibility file (MeasurementSet)

options

''

Processing options: birdie, reweight, noxycorr, fastmosaic, hires, noac (comma separated list)

spw

numpy.array( [ ] )

Specify the spectral windows to use, default=all

nscans

numpy.array( [ ] )

Number of scans to skip followed by number of scans to read

lowfreq

{'value': float(0.1), 'unit': 'GHz'}

Lowest reference frequency to select

highfreq

{'value': float(999), 'unit': 'GHz'}

Highest reference frequency to select

fields

numpy.array( [ ] )

List of field names to select

edge

float(8)

Percentage of edge channels to flag. For combined zooms, this specifies the percentage for a single zoom window