Time not scheduled for such observations will revert to individual observatory use
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| 2) | To distribute a Call for Proposals for use of the reserved time for
3mm-wavelength VLBI experiments. |
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| | The deadlines for receipt of proposals will coincide with those currently used for cm-
wavelength VLBI (1st October and 1st February). |
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| | The Call is open to all members of the astronomical community. |
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| | Technical and administrative information will be made available to proposers via a
WWW page (www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/vlbi/globalmm/) |
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| 3) | Proposals will be sent both to NRAO and to a European mm-VLBI Scheduler
(E. Ros at MPIfR has been nominated for this role). The VLBA and European mm
-VLBI Schedulers will jointly supervise the proposal review process and decide which
proposals are to be observed in each session. |
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| | Proposals will be distributed to a designated person at each participating observatory
for review; the review process at each observatory can be decided by that
observatory's management. |
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| | Each observatory will provide the results of its review process to the Schedulers no
later than 12 weeks after the proposal deadline |
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| | The Schedulers will decide which proposals are to be observed on the basis of the
reviews by all the observatories. |
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| | The participating observatories accept the scheduling decisions of the Schedulers. |
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| 4) | The proposers of scheduled projects will be notified by the Schedulers.
Proposers may construct their own observing schedules (which must conform to
rigorous advertised guidelines to ensure the successful operation of the various
antennas) or they may seek assistance from observatory staff designated by the
Schedulers. |
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| | Schedules must be submitted by an advertised deadline, normally 3-4 weeks before
the start of the observing session. |
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| | For observing and tape-logistical reasons, the individual project schedules will
normally be integrated into longer blocks by observatory staff designated by the
Schedulers before distribution to the observatories. |
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| | Calibration sources may also be inserted in gaps within the integrated schedule to
assist all observers with their analysis. Data from all such observations will be made
public after correlation. |
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| 5) | Data will be correlated at the MPIfR MK4 correlator in Bonn, and provided to the
proposer in u,v-FITS format. |
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| | Other correlators may be requested in the proposal if there is a good technical
reason. This may, however, cause logistical complications and lead to scheduling
delays. |
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| | The proposers have exclusive use of the data for a proprietary period of 12 months
after receipt of the data from MPIfR. |
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| | MPIfR will release the recorded tapes/disks after correlation in a timely manner. |
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| 6) | The operation of this agreement will be reviewed by the Observatory Managements
periodically, and initially after the first two observing periods. |
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