next up previous contents
Next: Observing Program Structure Up: Generation from Science Goals Previous: Phase-2 Science Goals   Contents


Scheduling Block Generation

All approved projects have their SBs generated by the observatory. Note that it is possible that one or more SGs might be descoped by the proposal review process. If this is the case, SBs will not be generated from the descoped SGs. Whether an SG has been descoped or not is shown in the General node of an SG.

The generated SBs (including the Observing Unit Sets in which they are contained) are attached below each SG and cannot be edited by PIs, although the whole directory structure can be freely navigated and inspected. Only observatory staff can edit any content below the Science Goal and indeed, no PI should greatly concern themselves with the contents of the SBs. These contain a lot of technical information that the observatory will ensure is set correctly before the observations are executed. Most vital is that the scientific aims encapsulated in the SG are correct.

Observatory staff can generate SBs manually using the appropriate menu or toolbar options. Details of the contents of the SBs can be found in Section 6.2.


next up previous contents
Next: Observing Program Structure Up: Generation from Science Goals Previous: Phase-2 Science Goals   Contents
The ALMA OT Team, 2021 Feb 03