Karma Visualization Tool
for Analysis of SMA imaging data


Karma is a toolkit for interprocess communications, authentication, encryption, graphics display, user interface and manipulating the Karma network data structure. Both the Miriad and FITS formats are supported in this software package. Karma software might be useful to SMA users. This web page provides the basic setup for the SMA users to analyze SMA data using the utility functions in Karma.

1. Setup for SMA Data Analysis
For users accessible to CF linux computers (jupiter and etc.), add the following line in .cshrc
source /home/miriad/karma/.login
2. User's Manual
Karma Users Manual provides detailed explanations of the utility functions for data analysis using Karma.
Karma Home is helpful for further details about this package.

3. Useful procedures by users
RGB illustration a procedure to make RGB illustration figures written by SAO visiting student Hui Shi. One of the figures is present in her thesis paper published in ApJ Lett (Fig. 2).


jhz: 2010-07-10 updated
jhz: 2010-04-27 updated
jhz: 2006-06-20 created