Tools
Tool | Primary Manual | Description |
ALMA Observing Tool | OT Reference Manual | Java application used for the preparation and submission of ALMA Phase 1 (observing proposal) and Phase 2 (telescope runfiles for accepted proposals) materials. |
ALMA Sensitivity Calculator | Calculates the necessary integration times for a given sensitivity, or vice versa, for your ALMA observing project. Java plugin required. | |
CASA Simulator & Configuration Files | Allows user to simulate interferometric observations, including the ALMA observatory. The simulations consider the configuration of the ALMA array, the receiver specifics and atmospheric conditions. | |
ALMA Observation Support Tool | OST Documentation | Simulates ALMA observations. |
Splatalogue | Splatalogue QuickStart Guide | Database for astronomical spectroscopy. Users can search for atomic and molecular transitions lines using several different search parameters such as name, transition, frequency range, energy range, line strength, etc. |
NRAO Science Ready Data Products | Users can request calibrated measurement sets and user defined images through a simplified web interface within the NRAO archive. | |
Toyama Microwave Atlas | Allows users to search for the microwave transitions of some molecules, especially some large organic molecules. | |
ALMA solar ephemeris generator tool | User Manual | |
Japanese Virtual Observatory | Allows users to have a quick look at the released ALMA data and to download fits images. | |
EU ARC network tools | Tools developed by the nodes of the European ARC network. |
Community-Developed Tools
Tool | Primary Manual | Description |
Radio Astro Tools | The radio-astro-tools package is a hub for community-developed python tools related to ALMA. |