PARTICLE PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY RESEARCH COUNCIL MTPPN /4.1
JOINT ASTRONOMY CENTRE

James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

JCMT Pointing Project Note 4.1

Track Surface Model

• Introduction
  • Summary
  • Purpose
  • Scope
  • Definitions and Abbreviations
  • References
  • Overview
• The Track Surface Model
  • Surface Data
  • Models of the Surface
  • Simulation of the Surface
  • The 'Behavioral Wheel Model'
• Other Models
  • The Telescope Track Model
  • The Simple Physical Model
• TSM Program
• Results
  • Pointing Errors and Track
  • Phase Centre and Track
  • Validation of the Models
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