FORS1 Quality Control and Data Flow Operations:
content

• general: operations; modes and settings; functionalities; file format; problems
  
  
• calibration: types of raw calibrations; products; modes IMG and LSS

DONE UP TO HERE! From here on simple UVES copy!

FITS headers

table guides

types of calibration files

calibration recipes (bias | formatcheck | orderdef | wave | flat | std)

calibration products: naming scheme

calibration scheme

list of flux standards



• SCIENCE reduction: raw data; reduction steps; assumptions made; calibration products used; quality checks; precision; problems and issues
  • FITS header (science)
  • science reduction recipes
  • product list
    • description of order_trace table
    • description of cosmic ray table
  • optimum extraction
  • reduction scheme
    
    
• solar spectrum: acquisition ; reduction; extraction; remarks;
  • plots (e.g. 3000-4000 gif | ps)
  • table of disturbed wavelength ranges
  • spectrum (4 MB FITS)

Service Mode

• Service Mode README file: directory structure; content; list files; plots (QC1 reports); data files; problems, issues, hints
  • sample lists: raw | reduced | calibs | archive | QC0
  • descriptions: raw | reduced | calibs | archive | QC0
  • QC1 reports (calibration); previews: bias | dispersion and resolution
  • QC1 reports (SCIENCE reduction; see below); previews: spectrum | position | FWHM
    
    
• QC1 reports (SCIENCE reduction, optimum extraction): extensive description
  • spectrum
  • position
  • cross-dispersion width
  • description of order_trace table
• Tutorial on QC1 reports
  
  

Data Management

• general items about FORS data managements: file ownership; naming schems; file association;FAQs
• lists of FORS ServiceMode runs (updated regularly):
  • closed runs (released by USG)
  • open runs (not yet released)
    
    

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