UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Terms Used in MM/Submm Calibration

We present below a list of basic terms found in the background calibration papers and in the SMTO observer's guide. We hope that this will allow the reader to understand the basic nomeclature used in the calibration literature.

• Temperatures

  1. Ta
  2. Ta*
  3. Tr

• Sky Opacity

  1. tau
  2. tau(225 GHz)
  3. airmass
  4. elevation

• Efficiences

  1. eta_c
  2. eta_l
  3. eta_fss