General Single Dish Data Format System

This document contains the specification and explanation of the General Single Dish Data Format System. This specification has been drawn up according to the requirements of the NRAO, IRAM, and UK/NL MT teams. The specification defines a physical format for the storage of single dish data and for its transport between the computer systems participating in its definition. The specification defines the meaning of the data items to be transported so that reduction software developed at any institution can be used on data produced by any of the telescopes.

Published as a design note for the development of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope with internal identifier MT/DN/1.2

Keywords

astronomy, data models, file formats

Impact byBIP!

	selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).	1
	popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.	Average
	influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).	Average
	impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.	Average