get_data

Download and/or convert/unarchive data so that its in the MS format for further processing

dataid

list of str

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

mvftoms

Convert HDF5/MVF files in data_path to MS files; the latter are written to msdir; also creates a MS.TAR file. (This only works for MeerKAT HDF5 files)

enable

bool, optional, default = False

Execute this segment

tar

bool, optional, default = False

Create a tarbal of the converted MS.

channel_range

str, optional, default = all

Only exctract channels in this range (0-based, inclusive; comma seperated string)

full_poll

bool, optional, default = False

Extract all four correlations instead of only the XX,YY

untar

Unarchive from MS from a archive file.

enable

bool, optional, default = False

Execute this segment

tar_options

str, optional, default = -xvf

Options to parse to ‘tar’ command

combine

Virtually concatenate MSs and proceed with the combined MS

enable

bool, optional, default = False

Execute this section

reset

bool, optional, default = False

Delete concatenated MS if it exists. Else, proceed with existing MS

tar

Create a tarbal of the converted MS

enable

bool, optional, default = False

Execute this section

tar_options

str, optional, default = -cvf

Options to parse to the tar command

untar

Unarchive from MS from a archive file.

enable

bool, optional, default = False

Execute this section

tar_options

str, optional, default = -xvf

Options to parse to the tar command