Miriad-Python Manual

Welcome to the miriad-python manual. If you’re unfamiliar with how miriad-python works or what it’s for, try starting at the introduction. For more information about the miriad-python project, including installation instructions, issue reporting information, releases, and academic references, please see the miriad-python website.

Contents

• An Introduction to miriad-python
• Loading and Processing MIRIAD Data
  • High-Level Access to MIRIAD Data: miriad
    • Visibility Datasets
    • Image Datasets
    • miriad API Reference
  • Low-Level Access to MIRIAD Data
    • mirtask API Reference
  • MIRIAD Data Utilities: mirtask.util
    • Antpols and Basepols
    • Utilities for Writing Tasks
    • Linetypes
    • Baselines
    • Polarizations
    • Julian Dates
    • Optimizers
    • Coordinate Manipulations
    • Fast-Fourier-Transform Imaging
• Executing MIRIAD Tasks: mirexec
  • Creating Task Instances
  • Setting Task Parameters
  • Defining Your Own Task Classes
  • mirexec API Reference
    • Generic Task Class
    • Specific Task Classes
    • Setting up Subprocess Environment
    • Utility Classes
• Writing Your Own MIRIAD Tasks
  • MIRIAD-Style Argument Handling: mirtask.keys
    • Handling keywords in miriad-python
    • Keyword Types
    • Keyword Formats
    • Integration with the UVDAT Subsystem
    • mirtask.keys API Reference
  • The UVDAT Subsystem for Reading UV Data: mirtask.uvdat
    • mirtask.uvdat API Reference
  • Utilities for Command-Line Programs: mirtask.cliutil

Indices and Tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page

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This documentation describes miriad-python version 1.2.4, implementing version 1.2 of the API. It was generated on June 26, 2023. This documentation is created using Sphinx.