AMBER Quality Control and Data Flow Operations

AMBER:
Quality Control and Data Flow Operations

AMBER (The near-infrared/red focal instrument of the VLTI) operates in the bands J, H, and, K (ie 1.0 to 2.4 microns). The instrument has been designed to be used with two or three beams, thus enabling also the use of closure phase techniques. AMBER is part of the VLTI complex . The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) consists of the coherent combination of the four VLT Unit Telescopes and of several movable 1.8m Auxiliary Telescopes.

This section of the Quality Control and Data Flow Operations web pages covers the AMBER data.

All Service Mode data from AMBER pass Data Flow Operations Garching. Raw data and pre-processed data from AMBER are distributed as Service Mode packages. The level of processing of the data depends of the availability of a pipeline.

More information on the AMBER instrument, especially all technical aspects, can be found on the AMBER instrument web pages. The current AMBER User's Manual which includes AMBER information is available here.

Find here information on the following Quality Control and Data Flow Operations topics:

QUALITY CONTROL		Index
	general info
	Calibrators
	QC1 parameters-instrument trending-Calibration files

RAW DATA and AMBER PIPELINE		Index
	general info
	raw data
	pipeline reduction
	association rules


AMBER SERVICE MODE		Index
	general info
	directory structure
	list files
	problems, issues, hints

AMBER DATA MANAGEMENT		Index
	general info
	FAQS
	Service Mode status
news
	February 2008:New BPM FFM

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