importevla – Convert an Science Data Model observation into a CASA Measurement Set – import/export task

Description

Parameters

Title
Parameter	Default	Description
asdm	`''`
vis	`''`
ocorr_mode	`'co'`
compression	`False`
asis	`''`
scans	`''`
verbose	`False`
overwrite	`False`
online	`True`
tbuff	`float(0.0)`
flagzero	`True`
flagpol	`True`
shadow	`True`
tolerance	`float(0.0)`
addantenna	`''`
applyflags	`False`
savecmds	`False`
outfile	`''`
flagbackup	`True`
polyephem_tabtimestep	`float(0.001)`

Parameter Explanations

asdm

''

Name of input asdm directory (on disk)

vis

''

Root name of the ms to be created. Note the .ms is NOT added

ocorr_mode

'co'

Fill correlation mode AUTO_ONLY (ao), CROSS_ONLY (co) or CROSS_AND_AUTO (ca)

compression

False

Flag for turning on data compression

asis

''

Create verbatim copies of these SDM tables in the MS.

scans

''

List of scans to fill (default is all scans).

verbose

False

Output lots of information while the filler is working

overwrite

False

Over write an existing MS

online

True

Create online flags

tbuff

float(0.0)

Time padding buffer (in seconds)

flagzero

True

Create flag commands for zero points

flagpol

True

Create flag commands for cross-hand correlations

shadow

True

Create flag commands for shadowed data

tolerance

float(0.0)

Amount of shadow allowed (in meters)

addantenna

''

File name or dictionary with additional antenna names, positions and diameters

applyflags

False

Apply flag commands to MS

savecmds

False

Save flag commands to an ASCII file

outfile

''

Name of ASCII file to save flag commands

flagbackup

True

Back up flag column before applying flags

polyephem_tabtimestep

float(0.001)

Timestep (days) for the tabulation of polynomial ephemerides. A value <= 0 disables tabulation.