UV_TRACKS ALMA_ACA
---- Using UV_TRACKS for ALMA ----
UV_TRACKS can be used to simulate ALMA observations, using the /TABLE
and /FRAME options to create tables with one or several configurations.
To do so, the command sequence must be
OBSERVATORY alma
SIC LOG astro_stations "alma-current.cfg"
UV_TRACKS all [...options...]
The logical astro_stations must point to a configuration file of ALMA.
They distributed with GILDAS and the currently offered configurations
are named "alma-current-"'J'".cfg" and "aca-current.cfg" where J is the
configuration number. All the versions of previous ALMA configuration
files are distributed under the names "alma-cycle"'I'"-"'J'".cfg" and
"aca-cycle"'I'".cfg", where I is the cycle number. Note that when the
configuration of several cycles are identical we keep only the files of
the first cycle in which they were offered. Then "uv_tracks all" means
all stations will be used.
For ACA, it is better to enter "observatory aca" - coordinates are the
same, but this will make sure the proper antenna diameter is used in the
computation of shadowing.