This is the Operations Roadmap for the SRDP Project (For the Development Roadmap go here.) This is meant to be a living document that we update as opportunities are identified. ALMA standard calibration and imaging are performed by the ALMA project and are not identified here. In each wave new capabilities are shown in green.

Standard Processing

User Initiated Processing

VLASS and Large Programs

Pilot Operations: Jun 2019

  • VLA Standard Calibration (TBD%)
  • ALMA Optimized Cube Imaging (Frequency Selection)
  • VLA Restore Calibrated MS
  • ALMA Restore Calibrated MS
  • Realfast Ingest (Project Operated)

Wave 1 Operations: 2020

  • VLA Standard Calibration (TBD%)
  • ALMA Optimized Cube Imaging w/variable resolution
  • VLA Restore Calibrated MS
  • ALMA Restore Calibrated MS

  • Large program ingests
  • VLASS QL & SE Calibration (2.1)
  • VLASS QL imaging (2.1)

Wave 2 Operations: 2021

  • VLA Standard Calibration (TBD%)
  • VLA Restore Calibrated MS
  • ALMA Restore Calibrated MS
  • ALMA Optimized Cube Imaging w/improved variable resolution
  • VLA Optimized Imaging (Pilot)
  • Image Cutouts
  • Large program ingests
  • VLASS QL & SE Calibration (all)
  • VLASS QL imaging (all)
  • VLASS SE Cont Imaging (2.1)

Wave 3 Operations: 2022

  • VLA Standard Calibration (TBD%)
  • VLA Standard Continuum Imaging (TBD%)
  • Time Critical Product Workflows
  • VLA Restore Calibrated MS
  • ALMA Restore Calibrated MS
  • ALMA Optimized Cube Imaging w/self-calibration
  • VLA Optimized Continuum Imaging (Pilot)
  • ALMA Multi-Configuration Imaging
  • VLA / ALMA Recalibration
  • Large program ingests
  • VLASS QL & SE Calibration (all)
  • VLASS QL imaging (all)
  • VLASS SE Cont Imaging (1.2, 2.1, 2.2)
  • VLASS SE Cube Imaging (1.2, 2.1, 2.2)
  • Large program processing (std pipelines)

Wave 4 Operations: 2023

  • VLA Standard Calibration (TBD%)
  • VLA Standard Imaging (TBD%)
  • VLA Standard Continuum Imaging (TBD%)
  • VLA Standard Spectral Line Imaging (TBD%)
  • Time Critical Product Workflows
  • VLA Restore Calibrated MS
  • ALMA Restore Calibrated MS
  • ALMA Optimized Cube Imaging
  • VLA Optimized Imaging
  • VLA Optimized Spectral Line Imaging (Pilot)
  • ALMA Multi-Configuration Imaging (tentative, w/ALMA PLWG)
  • VLA Recalibration
  • ALMA Recalibration (tentative)
  • VLA Multi-configuration imaging (tentative)
  • Large program ingests
  • VLASS QL & SE Calibration (all)
  • VLASS QL imaging (all)
  • VLASS SE Cont Imaging (all except 1.1)
  • VLASS SE Cube Imaging (all except 1.1)
  • Large program processing (std pipelines)
    • is this ingestion or processing?

Wave 5 Operations: 2024

  • VLA Standard Calibration (TBD%)
  • VLA Standard Continuum Imaging (TBD%)
  • VLA Standard Spectral Line Imaging (TBD%)
  • Time Critical Product Workflows
  • VLA Multi-Configuration Imaging
  • VLA Restore Calibrated MS
  • ALMA Restore Calibrated MS
  • ALMA Optimized Cube Imaging (TBD)
  • VLA Optimized Imaging
  • ALMA Multi-Configuration Imaging
  • VLA / ALMA Recalibration
  • VLA Multi-configuration imaging
  • Large program ingests
  • VLASS QL & SE Calibration (all)
  • VLASS QL imaging (all)
  • VLASS SE Cont Imaging (all except 1.1)
  • VLASS SE Cube Imaging (all except 1.1)
  • Large program processing (std pipelines)
  • VLASS Cumulative imaging (tentative)
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