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ALMA Memo #293
ALMA Software Requirements:
Preliminary Report

ALMA Software Science Requirements Committee
R. Lucas, B. Clark, J. Mangum, P. Schilke, S. Scott, F.Viallefond, M. Wright

March 08, 2000

Contents
Introduction
Real Time Software

The basic operation modes
Control Command Language
Graphical User Interface
Observing Modes

List of observing modes

Interferometric
Phased Array
Total Power
Special observations
Project Calibrations
Array Calibration

Sample astronomer input for an observing mode: Single-field Interferometric mapping

Proposal Submission and Handling

Basic requirements
Advanced features

Dynamic Scheduling

Requirements
Implementation
Guidelines

Operator Interface

Operator Model
Operator Responsibilities
Operator Interface Software

Data Pipeline

Goals
Requirements
Functionalities

Array Calibration
Calibration of Interferometer Data
Calibration of the Total Power measurements
Imaging

Interaction with other Actors

Archiving
Script language

Special sections
Control structures
Describing a source
Describing the correlator setup
Describing a set of observations

Antenna
Subreflector
Receiver and IFs
Basebands
Correlator
Real-time data processing

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Kate Weatherall
2000-03-08

ALMA Memo #293 ALMA Software Requirements: Preliminary Report

ALMA Memo #293
ALMA Software Requirements:
Preliminary Report