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Enter the Technical Justification

The technical justification editor has been completely re-designed for Cycle 3 with the aim of making it easier for PIs to fill a complete Technical Justification. Note that any supporting figures (e.g. simulations) should be included in the supporting material attached in Step 3.2).

The technical justification is now entered in three sections: Sensitivity, Imaging, and Correlator configuration. Relevant parameters as taken or computed from the Science Goal setup and the Expected Source Properties are displayed for each. If the OT detects values it thinks should be double-checked, an informative message is displayed in blue. You should pay special attention to these issues in your justification text.

You must enter a short justification text in the free-format text boxes of each section. In addition, text boxes will appear for any choices that need to be justified. These include using single polarisation, non-standard continuum frequencies, non-Nyquist spatial sampling, a user-defined calibration strategy, overriding of the OT's suggestion of the ACA or time estimate, low maximum elevation of a source, time-constrained observations and high data rates. For detailed guidelines on filling the Technical Justification please see the Proposers Guide.

Figure 3.12: An example of failed validation.
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Figure 3.13: Successful validation!
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The ALMA OT Team, 2018 Sep 25