The Radio Ammonia Mid-Plane Survey (RAMPS) Pilot Survey
  The Radio Ammonia Mid-Plane Survey (RAMPS) is a molecular line survey that
aims to map a portion of the Galactic midplane in the first quadrant of the
Galaxy (l = 10 deg - 40 deg, |b| < 0.4 deg) using the Green Bank Telescope. We
present results from the pilot survey, which has mapped approximately 6.5
square degrees in fields centered at l = 10 deg, 23 deg, 24 deg, 28 deg, 29
deg, 30 deg, 31 deg, 38 deg, 45 deg, and 47 deg. RAMPS observes the NH3
inversion transitions NH3(1, 1) - (5, 5), the H2O 6(1,6) - 5(2,3) maser line at
22.235 GHz, and several other molecular lines. We present a representative
portion of the data from the pilot survey, including NH3(1,1) and NH3(2,2)
integrated intensity maps, H2O maser positions, maps of NH3 velocity, NH3 line
width, total NH3 column density, and NH3 rotational temperature. These data and
the data cubes from which they were produced are publicly available on the
RAMPS website (http://sites.bu.edu/ramps/).
