UV_TRACKS ALMA_ACA
---- Using UV_TRACKS for ALMA ----
UV_TRACKS can be used to simulate ALMA observations, using the /TABLE and
/FRAME options to create tables with one or several configurations. To do
so, the command sequence must be
OBSERVATORY alma
SIC LOG astro_stations "alma-current.cfg"
UV_TRACKS all [...options...]
The logical astro_stations must point to a configuration file of ALMA. They
distributed with GILDAS and the currently offered configurations are named
"alma-current-"'J'".cfg" and "aca-current.cfg" where J is the configuration
number. All the versions of previous ALMA configuration files are distrib-
uted under the names "alma-cycle"'I'"-"'J'".cfg" and "aca-cycle"'I'".cfg",
where I is the cycle number. Note that when the configuration of several
cycles are identical we keep only the files of the first cycle in which they
were offered. Then "uv_tracks all" means all stations will be used.
For ACA, it is better to enter "observatory aca" - coordinates are the same,
but this will make sure the proper antenna diameter is used in the computa-
tion of shadowing.