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How to Use this Manual

For most users preparing to submit a proposal to ALMA or who are preparing SBs for observation, the User Manual gives the fullest description of how the OT actually works. However, this does not go into detail of what every button in the OT does and what the meaning of every parameter is. When this kind of information is required, the OT tooltips (revealed by hovering the mouse over an input field) will often help. However, these are by their very nature very concise and thus the OT Reference Manual is provided as a source of detailed information on each parameter.

Chapter 2 provides descriptions of the main OT menu and its tool bar at the top of the OT as well as some additional information about the OT graphical interface. Chapter 3 describes the buttons of the Tools and Simulators e.g. the ALMA Sensitivity Calculator (ASC) and the calibration selection tools. In Chapter 5, information is provided for the parameters required for completing Phase-1 and Phase-2 Science Goals whilst Chapter 6 provides references for constructing Phase-2 Scheduling Blocks (SBs). Note that defining SBs requires a solid knowledge of interferometry in general and ALMA in particular. Descriptions for the Visual Spatial and the Visual Spectral Editors are provided in Chapter 7.


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The ALMA OT Team, 2016 Aug 23