Executable client tools
GUI
lofarBFcube : GUI tool to load fits cube data for LOFAR beamformed observations
Command line tools
Dynamic Spectrum
h5toFitsDSMatplotlib is building the font cache; this may take a moment. usage: h5toFitsDS [-h] [--t_c_ratio T_C_RATIO] [--f_c_ratio F_C_RATIO] [--flip_freq] [--minutes_per_chunk MINUTES_PER_CHUNK] [--num_chunks NUM_CHUNKS] [--chop_off] [--averaging] [--flagging] [--t_idx_cut T_IDX_CUT] [--target_directory] [--date_directory] [--simple_fname] [--add_ksp_logo] [--add_idols_logo] beamformed_dataset output_directory Split and down sample the dynamic spectrum of LOFAR observation Input : Huge hdf5 file of LOFAR Tied array beam formed observation Output : Small fits file with json and png quickview (by Peijin.Zhang & Pietro Zucca 2019.08) positional arguments: beamformed_dataset Input BeamFormed dataproduct output_directory output directory optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --t_c_ratio T_C_RATIO compression ratio of the time --f_c_ratio F_C_RATIO compression ratio of the frequency --flip_freq flip the frequency axis (set to upper start) --minutes_per_chunk MINUTES_PER_CHUNK time chunks in minutes --num_chunks NUM_CHUNKS number of output chunks, -1 means to the end --chop_off chop every **interger** 15 minutes [00:15,00:30,00:45....], default True --averaging use averaging to downsize, otherwise use sampling --flagging flag data before averaging --t_idx_cut T_IDX_CUT length of t-index for convolution, 8192 means about 195MB for 6400 channels --target_directory use long directory name, (e.g. out/sun/xxx.fits) --date_directory use long directory name, (e.g. out/2020/12/12/xxx.fits) --simple_fname use simple file name, for daily summary, format YYYYMMDD_hh (e.g. 20201212_02.fits) --add_ksp_logo showing ksp logo --add_idols_logo showing idols logo
measurement set
pymsOverviewusage: pymsOverview [-h] [-v] FILE positional arguments: FILE MS file with full directory optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -v, --verbose detailed info
pymsCookWscleanCMDusage: pymsCookWscleanCMD [-h] [--intervals-out INTVO] [--interval INTV1 INTV2] [--elipbeam] [--datacol DATACOL] [--misc [MISC ...]] [--scalefactor SCALEFACTOR] [--multiscale] [--briggs BRIGGS] [--name [NAME ...]] [--fov FOV] FILE positional arguments: FILE MS file with full directory optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --intervals-out INTVO Number of intervals to output, default is -1, representing for snapshot for all --interval INTV1 INTV2 Index intervals for imaging, default is '-1 -1' representing for all intervals --elipbeam Use eliptical beam for wsclean, default True, set to False to use circular beam --datacol DATACOL Data column to use, default is CORRECTED_DATA --misc [MISC ...] Miscellaneous options for wsclean, default is empty --scalefactor SCALEFACTOR Scale factor for wsclean, default is 3.0 --multiscale Use multiscale for wsclean, default is False --briggs BRIGGS Briggs robust parameter for wsclean, default is -0.5 --name [NAME ...] Name of the output image, default is empty --fov FOV Field of view for wsclean (asec), default is 10000pymsDatetime2Indexusage: pymsDatetime2Index [-h] [-t TIME] [--fmt FORMAT] FILE positional arguments: FILE MS file with full directory optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -t TIME, --time TIME default time format is %H:%M:%S.%f, can be changed by -fmt --fmt FORMAT, --format FORMAT default is %H:%M:%S.%fpymsIndex2Datetimeusage: pymsIndex2Datetime [-h] [-i IDX] [--fmt FORMAT] FILE positional arguments: FILE MS file with full directory optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -i IDX, --idx IDX index of the slot --fmt FORMAT, --format FORMAT default is %H:%M:%S.%f