Calibration Plan Document Guidelines and Outline. bjb. 2003oct08. each appropriate section and/or subsection below should contain: . description of the technique, with references if available, and if not, some detail. . description of required hardware (antenna hardware, amplitude cal widget, WVR, etc...). is this hardware currently budgeted or not? . how often the calibration observation(s) need(s) to be performed, and whether this is a function of frequency . how long it takes to do the calibration observation(s), and whether this is a function of frequency . what quantities need to be archived (and at what rate), and whether they need to be accessible directly from the M&C system (delays, e.g.). . does this calibration involve collaboration with another ALMA IPT and if so is an ICD required? . what further tests and/or studies are needed - is it theoretical or actual telescope tests? on what timescale? I. Introduction II. Amplitude Calibration A. Flux Density Scale B. Fluctuations C. Decorrelation III. Phase Calibration A. Fast Switching B. WVR C. Multi-frequency D. Overall Plan (Combination of A-C) IV. Bandpass Calibration V. Polarization Calibration A. On-Axis Polarization B. Polarization Beam VI. Pointing Calibration A. Reference Pointing B. Global Pointing Model VII. Antenna Location Calibration VIII. Antenna & Electronic Delay Calibration IX. Optics Calibration A. Main Reflector Surface B. Subreflector Positioning C. Feed Positioning X. Single Dish Issues A. Total Power B. Sideband Gain Ratio XI. Archiving and Accessing Calibration Quantities XII. Examples A. Continuum B. Spectral Line C. Polarization D. Mosaiced the following folks are identified as being responsible for the sections (helpers in parentheses): I. Butler (all) II. Mangum (Holdaway, Butler, Welch, Gibson, Mangum, Martin-Pintado, Carter) III. Wootten (Holdaway, Richer/Hills, Woody, Pardo/Cernicharo, D'Addario) IV. ??? V. Butler (Holdaway, Myers, Welch, D'Addario) VI. Mangum & Lucas VII. Conway (Butler) VIII. Butler (D'Addario) IX. Butler (Carter, Mangum, Lamb (?)) X. ??? (Holdaway, D'Addario) XI. Lucas (Butler) XII. Butler (all) of course, each of the section leaders is at liberty to redefine the subsections - i listed them above more to guide my own thinking than as a strict description of what i think the subsectioning should really be...