[ascl:2006.014]
CARACal: Containerized Automated Radio Astronomy Calibration pipeline
Józsa, Gyula I. G.;
White, Sarah V.;
Thorat, Kshitij;
Smirnov, Oleg M.;
Serra, Paolo;
Ramatsoku, Mpati;
Ramaila, Athanaseus J. T.;
Perkins, Simon J.;
Molnár, Dániel Cs.;
Makhathini, Sphesihle;
Maccagni, Filippo M.;
Kleiner, Dane;
Kamphuis, Peter;
Hugo, Benjamin V.;
de Blok, W. J. G.;
Andati, Lexy A. L.
CARACal (Containerized Automated Radio Astronomy Calibration, formerly MeerKATHI) reduces radio-interferometric data. Developed originally as an end-to-end continuum- and line imaging pipeline for MeerKAT, it can also be used with other radio telescopes. CARACal reduces large data sets and produces high-dynamic-range continuum images and spectroscopic data cubes. The pipeline is platform-independent and delivers imaging quality metrics to efficiently assess the data quality.