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EUV Revision Notes
Version 1.4
Revision 11/24/93
Introduction
This release is intended for Guest Observer use for point source
analysis. This release is for users of the EUVE pointed
spectroscopic data analysis software. Patches to this release
will be created on an as needed basis. This document only covers
the EUV/IRAF layered package software release. It doesn't
address the issue of the scientific correctness of EUVE data
products.
For information about installing IRAF/EUV see the "EUV
Installation Guide".
This release adds several new programs and corrects some errors
found in the previous releases.
New Features
QPOE files can now be converted to and from ST table format,
using the qpwst and qprst tasks in the euvtools package.
The ism program, in the euvspec package, computes the effect of
interstellar absorption on input flux.
Some code was changed to take advantage of the short datatype in
version 1.3 of the ST tables package.
Code Corrections
More mismatched uses of yes/no and true/false were corrected, and
other lines of code that caused FORTRAN compiler portability
problems were fixed.
The euv.cl file was changed to automatically reload the euv
package after the euvred, euvtools, and euvspec packages are
loaded.
Detailed changes to tasks and libraries can be found in the
revisions.log file.
Major Features Comprehensive Event Pipeline CEP in the euvred
package implements a functional version of the processing
pipeline used in EUVE data calibration. The pipeline consists of
several modules, including: time filtering, spatial masks, aspect
correction, wavelength correction, and simple calculations.
These modules are configured to produce QPOE images of EUVE
spectral observations from restructured raw data represented in
ST Tables.
Data Quality Selection DQSELECT in the euvred package implements
a functional version of data quality selection for EUVE data.
Good time format ST tables can be generated from time-stamped
monitors. Good times intervals, that is, a set of time periods
when the data falls within user selected criteria, can be
generated from time-stamped monitors. These intervals can be
stored in ST tables or inserted as macros in QPOE files. Time
macros can also be inserted into QPOE files.
Instrument Modeling SPECMOD reads and writes IRAF image files as
well as ASCII line lists. The user can selectively turn PSF
convolution on or off. SPECMOD has been upgraded to read EUV
detector tables. This task primarily accepts user supplied data
as input, typically the expected flux at the telescope aperture,
and produces spectra folded through an instrument model.
Background Monitoring BACKMON provides basic information on the
EUVE spacecraft environment based on spacecraft engineering
monitors. The information includes magnetic latitude which
greatly effects EUVE background levels. The output from BACKMON
can be used with DQSELECT to produce time filters for the
relevant QPOE files.
Missing Features
Several features are still missing from the EUV/IRAF layered
package. Among them are the following: First, EUVE has an
instrument effect called Primbsching that limits high telemetered
count rates from any EUVE detector. This Primbsch effect must be
corrected for in the observation. Two methods are possible:
model the primbsch effect in the instrument modeling software, or
associate an "intensity" with each event. Both techniques are
under investigation.
Several instrument anomalies are currently under investigation.
As these anomalies are resolved, they must either be modeled or
corrected. It is expected that some of these anomalies will
require additional analysis software. This issues will be
addressed in an on-going basis, depending upon urgency.
Revision History
1.4 Revision -- November 1993
1.3 Revision -- August 1993
1.2.2 Revision -- May 1993
1.2.1 Revision -- May 1993
1.2 Revision -- April 1993
1.1.1 Revision -- January 1993
1.1 Revision -- November 1992
1.0.4 Revision -- September 1992
1.0.2 Revision -- July 1992
1.0 Revision -- May 1992
Beta Revision -- November 1991
Alpha Revision -- September 1990
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ADDENDUM -- PSFs in SPECMOD
7 Feb 1994
The SPECMOD spectral modeling task in egocs1.4 has been modified to
accept the instrument point spread function (PSF) values in FWHM
units, as given in the fwhm1 column in the egodata1.8 files
sw_psf.tab, mw_psf.tab, and lw_psf.tab.
Prior to egodata1.8, the PSF was specified as one-sigma values.
This means that egodata releases prior to egodata1.8 will
not be compatible with the egocs1.4 version of SPECMOD.