| Tool |
Primary Manual |
Description |
| ALMA Observing Tool |
OT Reference Manual |
Java application used for the preparation and submission of ALMA Phase 1 (observing proposal) and Phase 2 (telescope runfiles for accepted proposals) materials. |
| ALMA Sensitivity Calculator |
|
Calculates the necessary integration times for a given sensitivity, or vice versa, for your ALMA observing project. Java plugin required. |
| CASA Simulator & Configuration Files |
|
Allows user to simulate interferometric observations, including the ALMA observatory. The simulations consider the configuration of the ALMA array, the receiver specifics and atmospheric conditions. |
| ALMA Observation Support Tool |
OST Documentation |
Simulates ALMA observations. |
| Splatalogue |
Splatalogue QuickStart Guide |
Database for astronomical spectroscopy. Users can search for atomic and molecular transitions lines using several different search parameters such as name, transition, frequency range, energy range, line strength, etc. |
| NRAO Science Ready Data Products |
|
Users can request calibrated measurement sets and user defined images through a simplified web interface within the NRAO archive. |
| Toyama Microwave Atlas |
|
Allows users to search for the microwave transitions of some molecules, especially some large organic molecules. |
| ALMA solar ephemeris generator tool |
User Manual |
|
| Japanese Virtual Observatory |
|
Allows users to have a quick look at the released ALMA data and to download fits images. |
| EU ARC network tools |
|
Tools developed by the nodes of the European ARC network. |
Community-Developed Tools
| Tool |
Primary Manual |
Description |
| Radio Astro Tools |
|
The radio-astro-tools package is a hub for community-developed python tools related to ALMA. |
