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ALMA MEMO #464

Complementarity of the AIPS++, GILDAS and MIRIAD packages as seen from evaluations for ALMA off-line data processing

J. Pety (Obs. de Paris/IRAM Grenoble),F. Gueth (IRAM Grenoble),
S. Guilloteau (ESO/IRAM Grenoble),
P. Teuben (U. Maryland), M. Wright (RAL, U.C.Berkeley)

2003-06-26


Keywords: Requirements, Offline, Software, Science, Calibration

In this memo, we analyze the results of the audit of the AIPS++, and of evaluations of GILDAS and MIRIAD packages for compliance with the ALMA Offline Data Processing Requirements. These evaluations/audit show that about 2/3 of the SSR Requirements are fulfilled by each data reduction package, and almost 90% are fulfilled if we use existing software from all three packages. In a companion memo (465), we thus argue that ALMA will benefit greatly by using software from the existing packages which were designed for millimeter arrays. Indeed ALMA would then benefit of the daily use and expertise for the current working millimeter arrays over the next 10 years of ALMA construction.


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