ALMA/US ASAC, MDC and Imaging and Calibration Group

Agenda for meeting Tuesday, 5 Sep 2000 at 4:30pm EDT.

Date: 5 Sep 2000

Time: 4:30 pm EDT (2:30 pm Socorro, 1:30 pm Tucson)

Phone: (804)296-7082 (CV SoundStation Premier Conference phone).

Past ImCal minutes, etc on MMA Imaging and Calibration Division Page

"NSF is also pleased to be playing a leadership role in developing the international partnership for ALMA--the Atacama Large Millimeter Array." --remarks of Dr. Rita Colwell, Director, NSF, at the Dedication of the Green Bank Telescope, August 25, 2000.

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Agenda

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Remarks -- Evans

The usefulness of meetings such as this.

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ASAC Meeting -- Wootten

The ASAC meeting occurs 9-10 September. There will be a telephone ALMA/US-MDC-ImCal meeting on 5 September at 4:30 pm EDT. The agenda is the ASAC agenda.

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A partial list of things to read before the meeting

Calibration: A key reference is the Calibration White Paper . In March 2000, the ASAC called for a calibration plan. Toward that end, two memos have recently been written:

See Plambeck's memo and Mangum's memo .

ALG Issues:

Refer to Plan for an Enhanced ALMA .

See also Stephane's comments on the ACA and also Morita's work , and Al's summary of June 12.

Receivers ASAC response to ALMA Receiver Subsystem Top-level Requirements and Specifications.

Correlator See Cost reduction in FX correlator for enhanced ALMA and sensitivity consideration.