green bank proposal handling tool · l gbt l 4 l session editing allows session editing not...
TRANSCRIPT
l Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
l Karl G. Jansky Very Large Arrayl Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope
l Very Long Baseline Array
Green BankProposal Handling Tool
l GBT
l 2
l
GB PHT
●Does all the “local telescope” work between proposal submission (PST) and the “NRAO”
PHT (TAC meeting display tool)●Developed in 6 months with 2 software engineers●Used successfully since 11B semester
l GBT
l 3
GB PHT
l GBT
l 4
l
Session Editing●Allows session editing not permitted in PST
● Avoids resource and source group issues●Creation of new sessions
● Poor RA, Dec source groupings● Multiple semesters
●Remove/add sources● Source conflict● Requested additional sources
●Correction of resources●Correction of session type (fixed, windowed, elective, open)●Correction of session weather conditions (poor, good, excellent)
l GBT
l 5
GB PHT
l GBT
l 6
l
LST Range
●Calculate LST range● Average RA and DEC of all sources in session
● Observer requested● Elevation limit
l GBT
l 7
GB PHT
l GBT
l 8
l
Monitoring
●Windowed (monitoring) and Fixed Date parameters
● Interval● separation● Window size● Start date/time● Inner and outer loop
l GBT
l 9
GB PHT
l GBT
l 10
l
Observing Flags
●Solar avoidance●Flags
● Night time● Thermal, RFI, and Optical● Transit● Guaranteed
l GBT
l 11
GB PHT
l GBT
l 12
l
Carry Over●Carry over settings
● Complete● Complete next semester● Next semester time● Next semester repeats
●Carry over values from DSS● Last date observed● Hours allocated● Hours scheduled● Hours billed● Hours remaining
l GBT
l 13
GB PHT
l GBT
l 14
l
Overview Calendar
●Preliminary semester scheduling●Needed to know what monitoring and fixed time can be accepted●Brings in maintenance, shutdown from DSS●Brings in monitoring and fixed observations from prior semesters from DSS
l GBT
l 15
GB PHT
l GBT
l 16
LST Pressure Plots
l LST pressure plots● All, poor, good and excellent weather● Total, by project or by session● Sponsored viewable or hideable in carry over● Hide any category
l GBT
l 17
GB PHT
l GBT
l 18
l
Timeline Plot
● Track schedule sponsored time observing
l GBT
l 19
GB PHT
l GBT
l 20
l
Reports●Proposal Summary●Proposal Worksheet●Semester Summary●LST Pressures●Sponsored Proposals●Export Proposals●Source Conflicts
● No restrictions● Same receiver● Same receiver within proprietary period
l GBT
l 21
l
TAC Functions
●Assign priority to each session●Assign project friend●NRAO comments●View SRP comments and Technical Review●TAC comments to PI●TAC comments to NRAO
l GBT
l 22
l
Import/Export●Import individual proposals or entire semester●Transfer to DSS●All information needed by DSS to immediately schedule observations●Create database entries needed in ASTRID (GBT observing interface)●Provides fields to “NRAO” PHT for LST plots●Provides fields to “NRAO” PHT for disposition letters
l 23
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation
l operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.
l www.nrao.edu • science.nrao.edu