The science interface between the ALMA project and the user communities will be provided by the three ALMA Regional Centres (ARCs), in Europe, North America and East Asia. The European ARC has the responsibility of providing scientific user support to the European astronomical community. It supports its users mainly in the areas of proposal preparation, observation preparation, data reduction, and data analysis.
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Dutch ARC
German ARC
IRAM ARC
Italian ARC
Nordic ARC
U.K. ARC
ALMA (North America)
EA-ARC (East Asia)