getdata

Download and/or convert/unarchive data so that it is in the measurement set (MS) format for further processing.

dataid

list of str

Basename of MS. For MeerKAT data to be downloaded by CARACal, this should be the data ID of the observation.

mvftoms

For MeerKAT HDFS files only – Convert HDF5/MVF files in data_path (specified for the general worker) to MS files. The latter are written to msdir (also as specified for the general worker), and an MS.TAR file is created.

enable

bool, optional, default = False

Enable the ‘mvftoms’ segment.

tar

bool, optional, default = False

Create a tarball of the converted MS.

chanrange

str, optional, default = all

Only extract channels in this range (0-based, inclusive; comma-separated string). It is also possible to specify ‘all’.

fullpol

bool, optional, default = False

Extract all four correlations instead of only the XX and YY correlations.

untar

Unarchive MS from an archive file.

enable

bool, optional, default = False

Enable the ‘untar’ segment.

tar_options

str, optional, default = -xvf

The tar options to pass to the ‘tar’ command.

combine

Virtually concatenate MSs and proceed with the combined MS.

enable

bool, optional, default = False

Enable the ‘combine’ segment.

reset

bool, optional, default = False

Delete concatenated MS if it exists. Otherwise, proceed with the existing MS.

tar

Create a tarball of the concatenated MS.

enable

bool, optional, default = False

Enable the ‘tar’ segment.

tar_options

str, optional, default = -cvf

The tar options to pass to the ‘tar’ command.

untar

Unarchive MS from an archive file.

enable

bool, optional, default = False

Enable the ‘untar’ segment.

tar_options

str, optional, default = -xvf

The tar options to pass to the ‘tar’ command.

report

bool, optional, default = False

(Re)generate a full HTML report at the end of this worker.

cabs

list of map, optional, default = ‘ ‘

Specifies non-default image versions and/or tags for Stimela cabs. Running with scissors: use with extreme caution.