The command below will return a list of all science observations
currently in the archive: wget -O alma_aq_data.csv
--no-check-certificate
"http://almascience.org/aq/?result_view=raw&science_observations=&download=true&format=CSV"
(the --no-check-c...
A principal investigator (PI) and people delegated by the PI (see
Knowledgebase Article: _"As PI of an ALMA proposal, how can I give
others access to the data during the proprietary period?_
[https://help.almascience.org/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/V...
Face-to-face support, including help with proposal preparation, data
reduction and archival research, is provided at the ARCs.
ARC visits should be arranged with your regional ARC by submitting a
ticket to the Face-to-Face Support Department of the ALMA ...
The ALMA Snooping Project Interface (SnooPI) is a read-only web
application that allows Principal Investigators (PIs) to follow their
ALMA projects from the moment of acceptance all the way to data
delivery. SnooPI is available at
http://almascience.org/o...
You can update the personal information stored on your ALMA Science
Portal account by logging in and clicking on your name above the
search bar in the top right corner. Click on 'Profile' in the drop
down menu and there you can edit and save personal info...
One problem that might arise is that your username cannot contain
spaces, special characters, or capital letters. Try again with a
username that is all lower-case alpha-numerics.
Some PIs may have affiliations with more than one ALMA Executive or
region (EA, NA, EU, or Chile), either by virtue of a joint affiliation
with institutes in different regions, or through Executive agreements
(e.g., Taiwanese investigators, who have af...
As stated in the Chapter "My Projects" view of the SnooPI User Manual
[http://almascience.org/documents-and-tools/latest/snoopi-user-manual],
the stop sign indicates that a project has timed out. This is also
known as the state "Observing Timed Out" which...
The "Choose ARC" option on the registration page (and user "profile"
page for registered users) defines which ARC a user's helpdesk tickets
are sent to. The "Choose ARC" drop-down option on the registration
page only becomes visible for eligible investiga...
The official language of the ALMA project is English, and
documentation for all the major user software subsystems will be made
available in English. Some materials are translated into Japanese by
East Asian ARC. You can find them at web page of EAARC
[ht...
Users who are interested in purchasing a computer (or cluster) to
process and analyze ALMA data should consult the following page, which
gives recommendations for RAM, CPU speed, and disk storage space:
http://casa.nrao.edu/casa_hardware-requirements.sh...
Most ALMA documentations and manuals are available at the ALMA science
portal Documentation page
[http://almascience.org/documents-and-tools/].
Documentation specific to each ARC is available at the ARC websites:
Europe:
http://www.eso.org/sci/facili...
Any user can get a listing of the projects or sources that were
observed by ALMA on any given date with a simple query to the ALMA
Data Archive, accessed from the Science Portal by following the left
menu link "Data → Archive", and clicking the "Archive Q...
Helpdesk tickets are answered by staff at one of the ALMA Regional
Centers (ARCs). There are three ARCs, one associated with each of the
ALMA Executives - East Asia (EA), North America (NA), and Europe (EU).
The ALMA Helpdesk system is a single system b...
