U.S. Infrared Space Observatory
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SWS Workshop Notebook

The SWS Workshop was a special instrument workshop held at IPAC on November 18-21. At this meeting, lectures about ISO-SWS were given by instrument experts from Europe and IPAC. Lecture topics included the flux calibration, dark current measurements, and photometry. Helpful tips about creating final AAR products from the pipeline processed SPD products were explained. ISAP and SWS-IA demonstrations were given so that "hands on" data reduction could be performed on the visiting scientist's own data. The instructors attending the meeting are listed below:

Adwin Boogert (SRON)
Do Kester (SRON)
Pat Morris (SIDT)
Alberto Noriega-Crespo (IPAC)
Russ Shipman (Air Force Research Laboratory, VSBC)
Eckhard Sturm (MPE)
Sarah Unger (IPAC)

Chapter 1. Review of the SWS -- gzipped tar file containing background information about the SWS instrument (1 MB).
Chapter 2. Calibration Issues -- gzipped postscript file about wavelength, flux, photometric calibration, dark currents. (2.1 MB).
Chapter 3. SPD -> AAR -- gzipped postscript file about how to reduce SWS data from the standard pipeline processed data to the AAR level (1.7MB).
Chapter 4. Recipes & Demos -- gzipped tar file with SWS-IA reduction recipes and example demostrations in using some of the routines (185KB).

Please note these recipes serve as examples only. Data reduction techniques evolve with time and you should contact an SWS expert for the best way to reduce your data.
Chapter 5. Special A & A Papers -- HTML links to SWS papers about calibration and the SWS instrument.
Chapter 6. SWS IDUM -- HTML link to the SWS Data User's Manual.
Chapter 7. ISAP Recipes -- HTML link to recipes for using ISAP with SWS data.
Chapter 8. Questions and Answers -- Questions collected from visiting scientists during the workshop with answers by the instrument experts.

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U.S. Infrared Space Observatory Science Support Center SWS Workshop Notebook

U.S. Infrared Space Observatory
Science Support Center
SWS Workshop Notebook