21oct03

ALMA Offline Subsystem
Detailed User Test Definition for January 2004 test

The ALMA Offline User test will have 6 users/testers processing 4
different datasets.  Testers will be: 

	Chris Wilson (SSR, McMaster Univ.)
	Karl Menten (Max Planck Institut)
	Frederic Wyrowski (Max Planck Institut)
	Munetake Momose (Ibaraki Univ.)
	Crystal Brogan (SMA)
	Debra Shepherd (SSR, NRAO)

Testers will have 1 month to reduce and image data (15jan-15feb)
following a cookbook description of the process.  Each tester will
fill out a questionnaire, grade tested requirements, and return the
questionnaire, grades, script, and final image to Debra Shepherd by
15feb04.  Debra will combine all information into a final report to be
completed by 29feb04.

Before ALMA testing begins, NRAO will do pre-testing of these datasets
and other VLA data appropriate for ALMA and the EVLA.  NRAO testers
are drawn from the experienced pool of the NRAO AIPS++ Users Group
(NAUG).  Specific NAUG 'pre-testers' for each dataset are identified
below.

Please contact D. Shepherd for questions about testing or to obtain
access to datasets mentioned below.  

Datasets to be processed: 
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1. h121 - Carbon star, PdBI data
	DATA IS PROPRIETARY, DO NOT DISTRIBUTE OUTSIDE OF TESTING.

	Single field, 1 & 3mm continuum
	lines = CO(1-0) at 3mm, CO(2-1) at 1mm.  

	NAUG tester: Deb Shepherd
	ALMA tester: Chris Wilson & Frederic Wyrowski

	location of data (cannot be accessed outside of NRAO):
	/home/sola3/dss3/alma/tsts/offline/tst1.jan04/h121.carbon.star

	All Files are in ALMA-TI FITS format.  (no dataset description
	or initial script available at this time).

	History: Data was reduced by Chris Wilson during IRAM 'phase
	II' testing.  Reduction was successful.  3mm continuum image was
	made OK.  Rough line images were made (at 1 & 3mm) but there was a bug 
	in interactive masking (bug has been fixed) which prevented
	getting a good line image in the time frame allowed in the
	test. 

2. l102d - PdBI data
	A Keplerian disk around the protostar IRAS 20126+4104 THIS
	DATA IS PROPRIETARY (Owned by L. Testi and collaborators), DO
	NOT DISTRIBUTE OUTSIDE OF TESTING.

	Single field, 1 & 3mm continuum
	many lines in each sub-band with strong continuum emission. 
	The PdBI observing summary is available. 

	NAUG tester: Steve Myers
	ALMA tester: Deb Shepherd

	location of data (cannot be accessed outside of NRAO):
	/home/sola3/dss3/alma/tsts/offline/tst1.jan04/l02d
	ALMA-TI FITS data files in /fits directory
	l102d.note = PdBI observing summary

	History: Data was reduced by Leonardo Testi during IRAM 'phase
	II' testing.  Reduction was successful.  Imaging required continuum
	subtraction with flexible, multiple selection of continuum
	channels - this could not be done.  No final images were
	made.  

3. NGC7538 - VLA NH3 data
	NH3 toward a star forming region.  	
	DATA IS PROPRIETARY (Owned by M. Goss and collaborators), DO
	NOT DISTRIBUTE OUTSIDE OF TESTING.

	Single field, 1.3 cm continuum
	NH3(1,1) line (requires continuum subtraction). 

	NAUG tester: Bob Zavala
	ALMA tester: Munetake Momose
		     Karl Menten

	location of data (cannot be accessed outside of NRAO):
	/home/sola3/dss3/alma/tsts/offline/tst1.jan04/ngc7538
	Data filled directly from tape into aips++: src.ms
	
	History: Reduced by M. Goss in AIPS. Rough preliminary reduction
	done by D. Shepherd (no flux cal, no continuum subtraction, no
	editing of bad data - just check to see what the source looks
	like), reduction details in the file called 'map.'  A
	summary of the data is in 'summary.txt.'  A map of all
	channels with source emission is '1.src5.ps'.  

4. g192 - VLA NH3 data
	NH3 toward a star forming region - 2 cores detected
	DATA IS PROPRIETARY (Owned by D. Shepherd and collaborators),
	DO NOT DISTRIBUTE OUTSIDE OF TESTING.

	Single field, 1.3 cm continuum
	NH3(1,1) line (requires continuum subtraction). 

	NAUG tester: Walter Brisken
	ALMA tester: Crystal Brogen

	location of data (cannot be accessed outside of NRAO):
	/home/sola3/dss3/alma/tsts/offline/tst1.jan04/g192
	Data filled directly from tape into aips++: nh3.ms
	
	History: Reduced and imaged by D. Shepherd, details in the
	file called 'map.'  Includes full imaging and analysis.
	Resulting ps files are called 0.*.ps 
	
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History

26sep03	- Test plan drafted
21oct03 - Karl Menten added as a tester for a VLA dataset. 
	  Frederic Wyrowski added as tester for PdBI dataset.