MMA WBS entries for Imaging and Calibration



11 Calibration and Imaging

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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