Program

Fri, June 20, 2014:
2:00 - 2:30PM: Introduction to ALMA and the ALMA Proposal Process
2:30 - 5:00PM: Hands-on training with the ALMA Observing Tool - http://casaguides.nrao.edu/index.php?title=OT_tutorial_SISS

Sat, June 21, 2014:
ALMA General Data Reduction (CASA)
Will begin with a general introduction to ALMA data reduction and CASA.
An introduction to CASA calibration for ALMA from the NRAO Synthesis Imaging Summer School can be found here (https://science.nrao.edu/science/meetings/2014/14th-synthesis-imaging-workshop/archive/copy_of_CASACalibrationSISS_2014.pdf).
09:00 - 09:50AM: Overview of CASA/Calibration
09:50 - 10:00AM: Break
10:00 - 10:30AM: My first task/Orientation
10:30 - 12:00PM: Bandpass/Phase & Amplitude Calibration
12:00 - 02:00PM: Lunch
02:00 - 03:15PM: Inspection/End to End
03:15 - 03:30PM: Break
03:30 - 05:00PM: Basic Imaging

Download data from the following link: www.cv.nrao.edu/~aleroy/ss_alma_data_v1p2.tar.gz

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