Documentation and Help

NOEMA is a complex instrument. Previous knowledge of interferometry is necessary to use it correctly, and reading a standard textbook for this field is highly recommended (e.g., Thompson A.R., Moran J.M., and Swenson G.W., 2001 Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy. Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Eds.). Information specific to the IRAM Northern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) is available on the NOEMA documentation web pages and in the following documents:

• NOEMA ASTRO Users Guide:
  ASTRO is a graphic program to help planning observations. It is particularly useful for complex observing programs such as series of snapshots on many sources or complex line setups
• NOEMA Calibration Cookbook:
  A guide to calibrating NOEMA data with CLIC
• NOEMA CLIC Users Manual:
  Detailed documentation of the off-line calibration program. It assumes the user has previous knowledge of interferometry
• NOEMA Mapping Cookbook:
  A guide to produce and analyze images from NOEMA with the GILDAS software
• GILDAS Users Manual:
  Documentation of the mapping and display software. GILDAS is an image processing system with many capabilities, and the documentation assumes the user has a basic knowledge of image processing

Although these manuals are updated relatively frequently, only the on-line help within the programs has the latest revisions.