Documentation of QC procedures: procedure bias_qc_2CCD.prg for FORS1

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NAME bias_qc_2CCD.prg
VERSION 4.1 -- 22/04/2001 P. Sartoretti modified to deal with CHIP 1&2 in FORS2 4.2 -- 2007-04-02 smoehler modified to deal with CHIP 1&2 in FORS1 4.3 -- 19/03/2008 smoehler modified for new imaging pipeline
SYNTAX MIDAS
CALL measureQuality
from $DFS_PRODUCT/BIAS/$DATE:
inmidas -P -j "@@ $DFO_PROC_DIR/bias_qc_2CCD.prg $date $PF"
INSTRUMENT FORS1
RAWTYPE BIAS
PURPOSE compares raw and product BIAS files for FORS1 QC assessment; the plots are later reviewed within certifyProducts. The first plot (bias_grap1.png) is stored as Postscript file in $DFO_PLT_DIR.
PROCINPUT first raw BIAS from AB; MASTER_BIAS product;
QC1TABLE trending | table(s) in QC1 database:
fors1_bias_2CCD
TRENDPLOT trending | HealthCheck plot(s) associated to this procedure:
trend_report_BIAS_med_master_HC.html
QC1PAGE trending | associated documentation:
bias_2CCD_qc1.html
QC1PLOTS
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bias_grap1.png
left: comparison master (red) <-> raw (black); upper panel: middle row and middle column, full pixel range, in ADU; lower panel: middle row and middle column, central 100 pixels, in ADU
center: ratio master/reference upper panel: middle row and middle column, full pixel range, in ADU; lower panel: middle row and middle column, central 100 pixels, in ADU
right: histogram: all pixel values of master bias in log frequency histogram (red), should show a dominant peak with Gaussian shape (which translates to parabola shape in this log freq diagram)
top panel: date; name of analyzed master bias frame (red), first raw frame (black), reference frame (green)
bottom panel: some QC1 parameters- number of raw files; sigma (raw); median (raw, master)

bias_disp1.png
full display of master frame

bias_disp2.png
full display of first raw frame

bias_disp3.png
full display of ratio master/reference (cuts=0.8,1.4)
QC1PARAM QC1 parameters written into QC1 table:
QC1db names: datancom | median_master | master_ronexp | median_raw
FITS key names: DATANCOM | MBIAS.LEVEL | MBIAS.RONEXP | BIAS.LEVEL
QC1db names: struct | RON_r | FP_r | struct_r
FITS key names: MBIAS.STRUCT | BIAS.RON | BIAS.FPN | BIAS.STRUCT
QC1db names: noise_master | ratio_master
FITS key names: MBIAS.NOISE | MBIAS.NRATIO
QC1 params created by pipeline: all
ALGORITHM
CERTIF Reasons for rejection:
- unusually high bias level or RON level (unless representative);
- unusual structure (1x1 binning shows a bright row in chip 2 - that is ok);
- non-Gaussian shape of histogram;
- DATANCOM lower than usual (5), especially if N=5 version nearby in time
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