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=== Papers and Reports on Calibration of the IRAM 30m telescope ===

 * Andre & Cernicharo 1997, IRAM report on Calibration Skydips: [[attachment:skytip.zip]]
 * [[attachment:NIKA2Pol_Commissioning_report_Summary_January_2024.pdf|Ajeddig et al. 2024, NIKA2-Pol : summary of polarization commissioning report]]
 * Baars, Hooghoudt, Mezger, deJonge, 1987, [[http://esoads.eso.org/abs/1987A%26A...175..319B|"The IRAM 30m millimeter radio telescope on Pico Veleta, Spain"]], A&A, 175 319
 * Baars, Greve, Hein, Morris, Penalver, Thum, 1994, "Design parameters and measured performance of the IRAM 30m millimeter radio telescope", IEEE, 82, 687
 * [[attachment:belloche-2004-low-freq-report.pdf|Belloche et al. 2004]] Test observations at frequencies below 80 GHz.
 * [[attachment:buchbender-03aug11-reportShiftTest_ver1-4.pdf|Buchbender et al. 2011]], "Accurate line center frequencies", IRAM Techn. Report.
 * Greve et al. 1994, "Astigmatism in reflector antennas: measurement and correction", IEEE Trans. Ant. Propag. AP-42, 1345
 * Greve, Panis, Thum, 1996, [[http://esoads.eso.org/abs/1996A%26AS..115..379G|"The Pointing of the IRAM 30m Telescope"]], A&A, 115, 379
 * Greve, Lefloch, Penalver 1996, [[http://esoads.eso.org/abs/1996ITAP...44.1642G|"Coma correction of a wobbling subreflector"]], ITAP, 44, 1642
 * Greve, Baars, Penalver, Lefloch 1996 [[http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/1996/96RS01124.shtml|"Near–focus active optics: An inexpensive method to improve millimeter–wavelength radio telescopes"]] Radio Science, Vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 1053-1065 [[attachment:greve_penalver_1996_near_focus.pdf]]
 * Greve, Neri, Sievers 1998, [[http://esoads.eso.org/abs/1998A%26AS..132..413G|"The gain-elevation correction of the IRAM 30m telescope"]], A&A, 132, 413
 * Greve, Kramer, Wild 1998, [[http://esoads.eso.org/abs/1998A%26AS..133..271G|"The beam pattern of the IRAM 30m Telescope"]], A&A, 133, 271
 * Greve, Bremer, Penalver 2002, "IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 53, No.2, February 2005" [[attachment:greve-2002-temperFEM.pdf|paper]]
 * Greve & Morris 2005, "Repetitive radio reflector surface deformations", IEEE Trans.Ant.Propagat., 53, 2123
 * Greve, Morris, Penalver, Thum, Bremer 2010, "The Beam Pattern of Reflector Antennas with Buckled Rectangular Panels", IEEE, in press
 * Greve, Bremer 2010, "Thermal Design and Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes and their Enclosures", published by Springer in 2010
 * Guelin, Wild, Kramer 1995, [[http://www.iram-institute.org/medias/uploads/file/PDFs/Newsletter/jan95.pdf|Cookbook formulae for observing time estimates]]

 * Guilloteau, IRAM report on Amplitude Calibration of the PdBI: [[attachment:pdbi-amp-cal.pdf]]
 * Guilloteau 2000, ALMA Memo on "The accuracy of Single Load Calibration" by S.Guilloteau (22.10.2002): [[attachment:alma_XXX_atm.pdf]]

 * Kramer 1997, IRAM report on Calibration of 30m data: [[attachment:kramer_1997_cali_rep.pdf]]
 * Kramer 2006, Spatial response framework document of the HIFI/Herschel Calibration group: [[attachment:kramer_2006_spatial_response_framework_v1.8.pdf]]
 * Kramer, Moreno, Greve 2008, Long-term observations of Uranus and Neptune at 90 GHz with the IRAM 30m telescope - (1985 -- 2005) [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4452|astroph]]

 * Kramer, Penalver, Greve 2013, "Improvement of the IRAM 30m telescope beam pattern": [[attachment:eb2013-v8.2.pdf]]

 * Morris et al. 2008, "Surface adjustment of the IRAM 30m telescope": [[attachment:morris_2008_30msurface_IET_2.pdf]]

 * Morris et al. 2008, [[http://www.iram.fr/GENERAL/reports/cloudsat_pico_8.pdf|"Test observations of Cloudsat"]], [[http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/instrument|Cloudsat]]

 * Penalver, 2012, IRAM internal report on gain-elevation curve [[attachment:penalver-16apr2012-GainElevation.pdf]]

 * Penalver, 2013, IRAM internal report on beam blockage and skydip measurements [[attachment:penalver-2013-BeamBlocking.pdf]]

 * Penalver, 2016, IRAM internal report on Antenna Gain depending on Wobbler Tilt [[attachment:160418_WobblerGain.pdf]]

 * Plathner, 1997, "Studies on 30m panel frames under thermal gradient", IRAM Working Report, No. 244, IRAM France

 * Thum et al. 1995, "Frequency switched observations at the 30m" [[attachment:thum-1995-fsw.pdf]]

 * Ungerechts et al. 1999, "IRAM 30m Telescope: spectral line on-the-fly mapping (SL-OTF)" [[attachment:ungerechts-1999-sl-otf.pdf]]

 * Ungerechts et al. 2001, "New Control System for the 30m: Feasability of new observing modes" [[attachment:ncs30mStudyNewOM.pdf]]

 * Wiesemeyer & Thum, 10-August-2010, "Polarimetry with EMIR/XPOL", Commissioning Report [[attachment:wiesemeyer-2010-polarimetry-v3.pdf]]



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