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---+ EU ARC CASA Tutorial for ALMA Cycle 2 PIs

took place 26 - 28 Nov 2014
at the ESO headquarters in Garching.

*Thanks to everybody for a successful workshop!*

Participants, please don't forget to fill in the feedback survey.


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---++Pictures from the hands-on sessions:

     <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/DSCN0141.JPG" alt="Cycle 2 PI Tutorial Hands-on session 1a" width='456' height='342' />

     <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/DSCN0144.JPG" alt="Cycle 2 PI Tutorial Hands-on session 1a" width='456' height='342' />


---++ Programme

*All lectures and the advanced hands-on sessions will take place in room Telescopium (a.k.a. "Old Auditorium").*

*The beginner's parallel hands-on sessions will take place in room Fornax (a.k.a. "Old Council Room").*

*Please note that for detailed help with the analysis of your own ALMA data, you have the opportunity to visit your ARC node for face-to-face support. Due to the limited number of tutors, we will not be able to provide extensive data reduction support for individual projects. However, short questions are of course welcome.*

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| *Day 1:* | *Wednesday, 26 Nov 2014 (room Telescopium)* | *pdf file* |
| 09:00 | Intro - D.Petry/M.Zwaan | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/intro-eso-1114.pdf][intro-eso-1114.pdf]] |
| 09:10 | ALMA Status - R. Laing | [[%PUBURL%/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/ALMA-status-rlaing-nov14.pdf][ALMA-status-rlaing-nov14.pdf]] |
| 09:25 | general CASA - DP | [[%PUBURL%/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/casa-intro-dpetry-nov-2014.pdf][casa-intro-dpetry-nov-2014.pdf]] |
| 09:45 | The MS and the ASDM - DP | [[%PUBURL%/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/ms-asdm-dpetry-nov14.pdf][ms-asdm-dpetry-nov14.pdf]] |
| 10:00 | Science Archive Access and Data Package Structure - F.Stöhr | [[%PUBURL%/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/piworkshop_2014_archive_and_data_package.pdf][piworkshop_2014_archive_and_data_package.pdf]] |
| 10:15 | coffee | |
| 10:30 | ALMA Data Quality Assurance (QA) and the "scriptForPI" - DP | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/alma-qa-dpetry-nov14.pdf][alma-qa-dpetry-nov14.pdf]] |
| 11:00 | Calibration and Flagging - MZ | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/Calibration_CASA_PI_Workshop_Zwaan_Nov2014.pdf][Calibration_CASA_PI_Workshop_Zwaan_Nov2014.pdf]]  |
| 12:00 | Explanation of hands-on sessions | |
| 12:30 | Lunch (at MPP canteen) | |
| 14:00 | Hands-on sessions 1a and 1b in parallel | |
| | 1a: basic calibration (in room Fornax) - DP | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/hands-on-basic-intro-dpetry-nov14.pdf][hands-on-basic-intro-dpetry-nov14.pdf]] |
| | 1b: Band 9 and low-SNR calibration (in room Telescopium) MZ | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/high-freq-hands-on-session-Zwaan-short.pdf][band9_and_low_snr.pdf]] |
| 16:00 | Coffee (in room Fornax) | |
| 16:30 | Review and Q&A | |
| 17:30 | End of day 1 | |
| *Day 2:* | *Thursday, 27 Nov 2014 (room Telescopium)* | |
| 09:00 | A closer look at CASA - DP | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/closer-look-at-casa-dpetry-nov14.pdf][closer-look-at-casa-dpetry-nov14.pdf]] |
| 09:30 | Imaging and selfcal - MZ | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/Imaging_CASA_PI_Workshop_Zwaan_Nov2014.key.pdf][Imaging_CASA_PI_Workshop_Zwaan_Nov2014.key.pdf]]  |
| 10:30 | Coffee | |
| 10:45 | Spectral regridding - DP | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/spectral-regridding-dpetry-nov14.pdf][spectral-regridding-dpetry-nov14.pdf]] |
| 11:05 | Mosaicing - Markus Schmalzl | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/Offline/CASA2014ESOTutorialForCycle2PIs/mosaicing_schmalzl_v3.pdf][mosaicing_schmalzl_v3.pdf]] |
| 11:40 | Image analysis - Anita Richards | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/amsr_ESO_PI_ImageAnalysis2014.pdf][amsr_ESO_PI_ImageAnalysis2014.pdf]] |
| 12:15 | Explanation of hands-on sessions | |
| 12:30 | Lunch (at MPP canteen) | |
| 14:00 | Hands-on sessions 2a and 2b in parallel | |
| | 2a: basic imaging (in room Fornax) - DP | [[ftp://ftp.cv.nrao.edu/pub/casaguides/analysis_scripts.tar][analysis_scripts.tar]], [[http://almascience.eso.org/arcdistribution/75c2de5c06db298be6b15d70bb220209/M100all_lores.ms.tgz][M100all_lores.ms.tgz]] (if needed) |
| | 2b: !SelfCal (in room Telescopium) - MZ | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/selfcal-Zwaan-CASA-PI-2014-short.pdf][selfcal-Zwaan-CASA-PI-2014-short.pdf]]  |
| 16:00 | Coffee (in room Fornax) | |
| 16:30 | Review and Q&A | |
| 17:30 | End of day 2 | |
| *Day 3:* | *Friday, 28 Nov 2014 (room Telescopium)* | |
| 09:00 | ASDM Import, weights handling and MS Concatenation - DP | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/asdmimport-weights-msconcat-dpetry-nov14.pdf][asdmimport-weights-msconcat-dpetry-nov14.pdf]] |
| 09:30 | Reading the Pipeline !WebLog - Liz Humphreys | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/pipeline_casaworkshop27Nov2014.pdf][pipeline_casaworkshop27Nov2014.pdf]]|
| 10:00 | Tweaking the casa_pipescript - LH | included in above talk|
| 10:30 | Coffee | |
| 10:50 | Ephemeris object handling - DP | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/ephemeris-handling-dpetry-nov14.pdf][ephemeris-handling-dpetry-nov14.pdf]] |
| 11:10 | Recovering extended emission using ALMA, ACA, and TP - T.Stanke | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/20141128_CASAtutorialC2_ALMA_ACA_SD_combi.pdf][20141128_CASAtutorialC2_ALMA_ACA_SD_combi.pdf]] |
| 12:10 | casa_pipescript tweaking hands-on session - Introduction - LH | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/pipeline_handsonintro27Nov2014.pdf][pipeline_handsonintro27Nov2014.pdf]]|
| 12:30 | Lunch (at MPP canteen) | |
| 13:30 | 3: casa_pipescript tweaking hands-on session | [[https://www.eso.org/projects/alma/arc/tw/pub/External/EUARCCASATutorialNov2014/pipeline_handson27Nov2014.pdf][pipeline_handson27Nov2014.pdf]]|
| 14:30 | Review and Q&A | |
| 15:00 | End of day 3 | |

---++ Hardware needs

*You will need to bring a reasonably powerful laptop to participate in the hands-on sessions:*

Minimum requirements:

   * dual-core processor
   * 3 GB RAM
   * *150 GB* free space on your hard disk (reduced from previously 300 GB)
      * External disks are too slow for data processing! You need to have the empty space on your internal hard disk.
      * If you don't have that much free space, use an external disk _before you visit ESO_ to temporarily move out data which you don't need for the workshop. When you return home, you can move it back in.
   * CASA 4.2.2 _with pipeline_ installed (and tested to work; refer to [[http://casa.nrao.edu/casa_obtaining.shtml][the CASA download page]] for details on what operating systems are supported)
      * CASA 4.2.2 _with pipeline_ is available for Linux and OSX and is marked as "ALMA pipeline version" on [[http://casa.nrao.edu/casa_obtaining.shtml][the CASA download page]]
         * direct link to the Linux version download: [[https://svn.cv.nrao.edu/casa/linux_distro/casapy-42.2.30986-pipe-1-64b.tar.gz][casapy-42.2.30986-pipe-1-64b.tar.gz]]
         * directl link to the OSX version download: [[https://svn.cv.nrao.edu/casa/osx_distro/10.8/CASA-intel64b-10.8-30986-pipe.dmg][CASA-intel64b-10.8-30986-pipe.dmg]]
      * in order to test whether you have the right version of CASA installed, do the following
         * start casapy by typing
           <verbatim>
              casapy --pipeline --nologger
           </verbatim>
         * in your terminal you should see among other startup messages
           <verbatim>
              CASA Version 4.2.2 (r30986)        
           </verbatim>
         * once the startup is complete, type
           <verbatim>
              inp hif_restoredata
           </verbatim>
         * That should result in the following output
           <verbatim>
       --------> inp(hif_restoredata)
       #  hif_restoredata :: Restore flagged and calibration interferometry data from a pipeline run
       vis                 =       ['']        #  List of input visibility data
       session             =       ['']        #  List of sessions one per visibility file
       products_dir        = '../products'     #  The archived pipeline data products directory
       copytoraw           =       True        #  Copy calibration and flagging tables to raw data directory
       rawdata_dir         = '../rawdata'      #  The rawdata directory
       pipelinemode        = 'automatic'       #  The pipeline operating mode
       async               =      False        #  If true the taskname must be started using hif_restoredata(...)
           </verbatim>
         * if you get an error message instead, you have installed the CASA version which does not contain the pipeline. In this case, please delete your installation and install the version with pipeline instead.

---++ Data to download _before_ you arrive at ESO

In this location we will enumerate all the data (as it becomes available) that you will need download if you want to participate in one or several of the hands-on sessions (see programme). Notifications on when new data is ready for download will be sent by email to all participants. The data will remain online for at least several months after the workshop.

---+++ General

   * [[%ATTACHURLPATH%/casa_cookbook.pdf][casa_cookbook.pdf]]: The CASA 4.2.2 cookbook (needed as your reference since network access to online help may be slow).

---+++ (1a and 2a): the Beginner's hands-on sessions on days 1 and 2

   (2014-11-25) All files needed for these two sessions is now available for download.

   * [[ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/general/casatutorial/m100-tutorial-apriorical-data.tgz][m100-tutorial-apriorical-data.tgz]] (19.7 GB, md5sum = 5dacf211d9be1e2a0682a3f81b27b30c)
   * [[http://almascience.eso.org/arcdistribution/75c2de5c06db298be6b15d70bb220209/M100line300x300.mask.tgz][M100line300x300.mask.tgz]] (59 kB)
   * [[%ATTACHURL%/reduce-m100-casa4.2.2-with-problems.py.txt][reduce-m100-casa4.2.2-with-problems.py.txt]] (reduction script)

   * A sample PI data package for this data is available from this [[http://almascience.eso.org/arcdistribution/preview/delivery-sample][download directory for 2011.0.99021.CSV (set up like a preview delivery)]] (not needed for the tutorial)

---+++ (1b): Band 9 and low-SNR calibration

   (2014-11-25) All files needed for this session are now available for download. 

   * [[http://almascience.eso.org/arcdistribution/75c2de5c06db298be6b15d70bb220209/VYCMa_658.tgz][VYCMa_658.tgz]] (1.4 GB, md5sum = d509f11afd8ae9a6507b8259599277f6)
   * [[%ATTACHURL%/VYCMa_Band9_Calibration-WITHPROBLEMS.py.txt][VYCMa_Band9_Calibration-WITHPROBLEMS.py.txt]] (reduction script)
   * [[%ATTACHURL%/VYCMa_Band9_Selfcal_and_Imaging.py.txt][VYCMa_Band9_Selfcal_and_Imaging.py.txt]] (extra reduction script - this is only for people who finish early with the calibration script and want to start with imaging and self-cal)

---+++ (2b): !SelfCal

   (2014-11-24) The bulk data needed for this session is now available for download. 

   You will need the following dataset and script:

   * [[http://almascience.eso.org/almadata/sciver/IRAS16293B9/IRAS16293_Band9_CalibratedMS_FIXED.tgz][IRAS16293_Band9_CalibratedMS_FIXED.tgz]] (2.8 GB, md5sum = 110e3750be2c74c6522e32621fcdc9d8)
   * [[%ATTACHURL%/reduce-iras16293-casa4-with-problems.py.txt][reduce-iras16293-casa4-with-problems.py.txt]] (reduction script)
 

---+++ (3): casa_pipescript tweaking

   (2014-11-25)  The bulk data for this session is now available for download. A few additional small files will be made available shortly before the workshop.

   * [[ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/general/casatutorial/uid___A002_X6cdf83_X1118newevensmaller.tar.gz][uid___A002_X6cdf83_X1118newevensmaller.tar.gz]] (4.2 GB, md5sum = 5db453819dfedf1c0138acc85ca309fd)
   * [[http://almascience.eso.org/arcdistribution/75c2de5c06db298be6b15d70bb220209/flux.csv][flux.csv]] (1 kb)
   * [[http://almascience.eso.org/arcdistribution/75c2de5c06db298be6b15d70bb220209/uid___A002_X6cdf83_X1118newevensmaller_flagtemplate.txt][uid___A002_X6cdf83_X1118newevensmaller_flagtemplate.txt]] (1kb)
   * [[http://almascience.eso.org/arcdistribution/75c2de5c06db298be6b15d70bb220209/comparison_weblog.tar.gz][comparison_weblog.tar.gz]] (80 MB)
   * [[%ATTACHURL%/casa_pipescript_full.py.txt][casa_pipescript_full.py.txt]] (full script that was used to create comparison_weblog.tar.gz)
   * [[%ATTACHURL%/casa_pipescript_for_tweaking.py.txt][casa_pipescript_for_tweaking.py.txt]] (mini-script for tweaking in the hands-on session)

---++ Registered participants

Total number of participants: 60
<verbatim>
Alex Lewis			
Alvaro Sanchez-Monge  		
Amelia Stutz			
Andy Pon  			
Anna Cibinel   			
Audrey Coutens   				
Carmen Sanchez-Contreras   	
D. Quenard  			
Danuta Paraficz   		
Darshan Kakkad  		
Edith Falgarone   		
Emmanuel Caux   		
Fabian Walter   		   		
Benjamin Godard  		
Guillermo Quintna-Lacaci  	
Hendrik Linz   			
Ilhuiyolitzin Villicaña Pedraza
Ivan Oteo 
Izaskun Jimenez-Serras   	
Jack Morford
Javier Piqueras-Lopez 	  			
Javier R. Goicoechea   		
Jens Kauffmann   				
Jorge Abreu-Vicente  		
Josep Miquel Girart  		
Jouni Kainulainen   		
Katherine Blundell   		
Leslie Hunt   			
Linda Tacconi  			
Luca Bizzochi  			
Luis Colina   			
Maria Teresa Beltran  		
Martin Groenewegen   		
Maryvonne Gerin   		
Matthew Wilson
Matthieu Bethermin  		
Matthijs van der Wiel   	
Maurilio Pannella  		
Miguel Pereira   		
Miguel Santander   		
Monica Orienti   		
Paolo Pilleri  			
Pere Planesas   		
Peter Schilke   		
Rafael Martín Doménech   	
Rebecca Williams  		   			
Roberto Decarli
Ryan Cheale				
Santiago Garcia-Burillo   	
Sarah Casewell   		
Sarolta Zahorecz  		
Stefan Kraus
Stefano Carniani			
Sylvain Bontemps  		
Thushara Pillai  		
Timea Csengeri   		
Veronica Allen  		
Vincenzo Mainieri   		
Viviana Casasola  		
Vivien Bonvin  			</verbatim>


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