This memo describes the February 2001 version of the ALMA+ACA simulation tool that has been developed and implemented in the GILDAS package. It was used to compute the simulations presented in the ALMA memo 387. This simulation tool includes the following capabilities: single-dish observations, ACA observations, ALMA observations, pointing errors, thermal and phase noise, multi-configuration, mosaic simulation, CLEAN-based deconvolution. A deconvolution method allowing us to reduce an heterogeneous dataset (such as observations from ALMA+ACA) has been developed. The simulator is controled via a simple window interface; a pipeline mode is also available.
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Last modified: 2001 August 14
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