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NAME crires_dark.py
VERSION 1.0 -- July 2008
1.0.1 -- logging, option parsing, and module import changed (2009-03-19)
1.0.2 -- supporting numpy V1.3 and matplotlib V0.99 (2009-10-29)
1.1 -- support for windowed read-out mode (2010-04-27)
1.1.1 -- create cover sheet (2011-05-19)
1.1.2 -- skip call of scoreQC (2011-05-31)
1.1.3 -- changes needed for migration to muc (2013-02-06)
SYNTAX PYTHON
CALL processQC
from $DFS_PRODUCT/DARK/$DATE
/home/python/crires_dark.py -i -a $AB
INSTRUMENT CRIRES
RAWTYPE DARK
PURPOSE QC check of raw and product dark exposures
PROCINPUT raw, product, and reference dark frames
QC1TABLE trending | table(s) in QC1 database:
crires_dark
TRENDPLOT trending | HealthCheck plot(s) associated to this procedure:
trend_report_DARKMED_HC.html | trend_report_DARKRON_HC.html
QC1PAGE trending | associated documentation:
dark_qc1.html
QC1PLOTS
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dark1.png
left: current master dark, one plot per detector
right: current dark - reference dark, one plot per detector
dark2.png
as first image, central regions per detector
dark3.png
cuts through raw and master, histrograms, comparison to reference
QC1PARAM QC1 parameters written in QC1 database:
QC1 DB names: darkmed | ron12 | ron23 | dark_stddev
ALGORITHM darkmed: average of the median values of the input frames
ron12: subtract first input frame from second; compute standard deviation for 100 sub images of 13x13 pixels; read-out noise is median of these values multiplied with sqrt(NDIT/2)
ron23: same as ron12 but with second frame subtracted from third
dark_stddev: standard deviation of the median values of the input frames
CERTIF Reasons for rejection:
unusual high dark level or read-out noise, unusual structure
COMMENTS There should be reference frames for all standard DIT values (see User Manual):
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 180, 300, and 600 secs.
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