QC documentation system: QC procedure crires_flat.py for CRIRES

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NAME crires_flat.py
VERSION 1.0 -- July 2008
1.0.1 -- logging, option parsing, and module import changed (2009-03-20)
1.0.2 -- call of crires_snflat changed (2009-06-30)
1.0.3 -- support of numpy V1.3 and matplotlib V0.99 (2009-10-29)
1.0.4 -- median S/N as local QC parameter (2009-11-05)
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 -- make_cover adapted for FLT_WIN (2012-03-09)
1.1.4 -- new QC parameters: num_overexp, level_overexp (2012-06-20)
1.1.5 -- changes needed for migration to muc (2013-02-06)
SYNTAX PYTHON
CALL processQC
from $DFS_PRODUCT/DARK/$DATE
/home/python/crires_flat.py -i -a $AB
INSTRUMENT CRIRES
RAWTYPE FLAT
PURPOSE QC check of raw and product flat field exposures
PROCINPUT raw, product, and reference flat frames
QC1TABLE trending | table(s) in QC1 database:
crires_flat
TRENDPLOT trending | HealthCheck plot(s) associated to this procedure:
trend_report_FLATSTAB_HC.html | trend_report_FLAT_IRHa_HC.html | trend_report_BADPIX_HC.html
QC1PAGE trending | associated documentation:
flat_qc1.html
QC1PLOTS
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flat1.png
left: current master flat
right: current flat / reference flat
flat2.png
as first image, central regions per detector
flat3.png
left: current bad pixel map
right: current map - reference map
flat4.png
S/N per pixel, only available if there are at least 3 flats per set of frames;
area on detectors 1 and 4 that can be vignetted or contaminated by adjacent orders is shaded in grey
flat5.png
cuts through raw and reference, histrograms, comparison to reference
QC1PARAM QC1 parameters written in QC1 database:
QC1 DB names: badpix | mean_level | mean_flux | rms_master
ALGORITHM mean_level: average of the median values of the input frames
mean_flux: mean_level divided by NDIT*DIT
rms_master: standard deviation of the master product
badpix: number of bad pixels; a pixel is identified as bad if its value in the normalised master frame is outside certain thresholds (currently outside [0.1,10.0])
CERTIF Reasons for rejection:
for flats that are used for science, S/N should be above 250 in the unvignetted area;
maximum flux should not exceed 10000 ADU
COMMENTS Reference frames are only available for (ref. wavelength, baffle position, lamp name):
2199.100_15.000_Emitter, 2199.100_15.000_Halogen, 1090.400_25.000_Halogen, 3218.600_25.000_Halogen, and 4092.900_25.000_Halogen
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