MMA WBS entries for Imaging and Calibration
11.1 Site Characterization , Radford, Schroeder
11.1.1 Atmospheric characterization and monitoring
11.1.1.1 Site infrastructure
11.1.1.1.1 Site Safety
11.1.1.1.2 Power system maintenance
11.1.1.1.3 Communications
11.1.1.1.4 Freight
11.1.1.1.5 Transportation
11.1.1.1.6 Deployment of LSA container (1998 June)
11.1.1.1.7 High resolution digital elevation model
11.1.1.1.8 Computers and network
11.1.1.1.9 Surveillance camera & temperature probe
11.1.1.2 Atmospheric stability
11.1.1.2.1 12 GHz interferometer
11.1.1.2.2 Paired (US-LSA) interferometer (LSA collab
11.1.1.2.3 183 GHz radiometer phase cal demo (LSA collab)
11.1.1.3 Atmospheric opacity
11.1.1.3.1 225 GHz tipping radiometer
11.1.1.3.2 350 micron tipping radiometer
11.1.1.3.3 Fourier Transform spectrometer
11.1.1.4 Physical structure of the atmosphere
11.1.1.4.1 Radiosonde campaign
11.1.1.4.2 Hydrodynamic models
11.1.1.4.3 Sodar
11.1.1.4.4 Weather stations
11.2 Configuration Studies Helfer
11.2.1 Compact Configuration
11.2.1.1 Design - including details of close packing configuration in NS variations, consideration of antenna accessibility by transporter, pad design (individual vs. monolithic pad)
11.2.1.2 Implementation - location on site, soil testing
11.2.2 Extended Configurations
11.2.1.1 Design - rings, stars, Releaux triangle, nested Releaux triangles, logarithmic spiral? Hybrid design.
11.2.1.2 Implementation - location on site, soil testing
11.3 Calibration
11.3.1 Radiometric Phase Calibration
11.3.1.1 VLA 22 GHz - Butler
11.3.1.1.1 Hardware
11.3.1.1.2 Derivation of observable quantity
11.3.1.1.3 Application to astronomical data
11.3.1.2 BIMA 22 GHz - Butler, Staguhn (U. Md.), Harris (U. Md.) Plambeck (BIMA), Blitz (BIMA)
11.3.1.2.1 Hardware
11.3.1.2.2 Derivation of observable quantity
11.3.1.2.3 Application to astronomical data
11.3.1.3 OVRO 22 GHz - Yun, Woody (OVRO), Carpenter (OVRO), Sargent (OVRO), Scoville (OVRO)
11.3.1.3.1 Hardware
11.3.1.3.2 Derivation of observable quantity
11.3.1.3.3 Application to astronomical data
11.3.1.4 Chajnantor 183 GHz - Radford, ESO
11.3.1.5 other sites - Butler, Yun
11.3.1.5.1 JCMT/CSO
11.3.1.5.2 ATCA
11.3.1.5.3 NRO
11.3.1.5.4 IRAM
11.3.2 Flux Calibration
11.3.2.1 Dual Load Calibration System - Bock (BIMA), Welch (BIMA), Mangum
11.3.2.2 Absolute Calibration - Yun, Butler, Mangum
11.3.2.3 OTF Reconstruction, tests - Mangum, Emerson
11.4 Imaging studies Helfer
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