Users support

Publié le 14 janvier 2021 par Mickaël Coriat.

This service task of the SNO SKATE concerns user support activities for the FR606 station, LOFAR, NenuFAR, and other pathfinders. These activities prepare and prefigure the SKA user support in the framework of the future European SKA Regional Center.

For LOFAR :

 Help users to write observation proposals for LOFAR ("international" mode), advise them on the choice of technical parameters according to the scientific purpose of the observation,
 Help users with data reduction for LOFAR ("international" mode) with standard tools ; train users in the use of these tools,
 Help users to reduce data from FR606 observations ("standalone" mode)

For NenuFAR :

 Help users to write observation proposals, advise them on the choice of technical parameters according to the scientific purpose of the observation,
 Help users with data reduction,
 Organise data familiarization workshops and tutorials.

This support, including tutorials, can be extended to other pathfinders such as MeerKAT and ASKAP if there is a demand from the community.

For SKA : user support will be provided within the framework of the SRCs. It will therefore be a matter of participating in the definition of the organisation and functioning of the European SRC, taking into account the feedback from LOFAR and NenuFAR (or even from the ALMA Regional Centers, ARCs), and then of setting up the French contribution to this component of the SRC.