QC documentation system: QC procedure qc_LINE for VIRCAM

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NAME qc_LINE.sh
VERSION 1.0 -- 2006-10-11
2.0 -- 2008-06-10
2.1 -- 2010-01-28, docu improved for qcDocu 1.3.4
2.2 -- 2017-08-30, docu improved
SYNTAX SHELL
CALL called by processQC
from $DFS_PRODUCT/LINE/$DATE:
qc_LINE -a $AB -e -1,0,1..16 -level 0..3
INSTRUMENT VIRCAM
RAWTYPE LINE
PURPOSE quality control script for VIRCAM LINE product frames
level 0 : basic QC service: wreiteQC, scoreQC.
level 1 : as level 0.
level 2 : calls line_qc_report_VI.py
PROCINPUT as for all other VIRCAm qc scripts:
-a AB (name of the AB)
-e extension (-1, 0, 1.. 16)
-level processing level (0,2)
QC1TABLE trending | table(s) in QC1 database:
vircam_line
TRENDPLOT trending | HealthCheck plot(s) associated to this procedure:
trend_report_LINEARITY_AVG_HC.html | trend_report_BADFRAC_AVG_HC.html | trend_report_SCREEN_TOT_AVG_HC.html
QC1PAGE trending | associated documentation:
qc_VC_line.html
QC1PLOTS
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badpixelmap.png
Bad Pixel Map, snapshot from SkyCtaTool
r.VCAM.2022-02-13T15:41:43.246_tpl_0000_1.png
Left plot shows the saturation level (blue horizontal line), the raw frame medians (red circles), the reset corrected values obtained from the diagnose product (blue circles), and the same values for three selected channels. and a linear fit the the red points.
Right box shows the deviation between the linear fit to the non-linear red circles.
r.VCAM.2022-02-13T15:41:43.246_tpl_0001_1.png
fluxes of the DETCHECK frames (=5sec flats), only channel #7, normalized to: last frame = 1. fit via: f(x) = a + b * |x-c| - exp(-e*(x-d)), where b * |x-c| represents the persistence scaled with the DIT of the LINEARITY flats, a-1 is the relative persistence, c is time of the brightest LINEARITY flat and b represents the DIT sequence within the template. 1 - exp(-e*(x-d)) represents the warmup of the calibration flat field lamp, d is the lamp switch-on time and e is the warmup speed.
r.VCAM.2022-02-13T15:41:43.246_tpl_0002_1.png
fluxes of the DETCHECK frames (=5sec flats), all channels are shown, each channel is normalized to: last frame = 1. while the lamp warmup is common among all detectors and channels, the persistence varies from channel to channel.
QC1PARAM QC.BAD_PIXEL_STAT, qc_badfrac, fraction of bad pixel
QC.BAD_PIXEL_NUM, qc_nbadpix, number of bad pixel
QC.LINEARITY, qc_linearity, linearity correction at 10000 ADU in per cent
QC.LINERROR, qc_linerror, error of QC.LINEARITY
QC.SCREEN_TOTAL, qc_screen_total
QC.SCREEN_STEP, qc_screen_step
QC_DIT_MIN, qc_dit_min, smallest DIT within the sequence
QC_DIT_MAX, qc_dit_max, largest DIT within the sequence
QC_LINE_MEDMIN, qc_line_medmin, smallest flatfield counts within the sequence
QC_LINE_MEDMAX, qc_line_medmax, largest flatfield counts within the sequence
ALGORITHM Description of algorithms:
see pipeline manual
CERTIF Quality diminishing features (not under control, but tolerated) :
- As the recipe is rather inflexible, the flux range must exceed a certain threshold for all detectors,
otherwise the recipe fails.
COMMENTS
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