ASCA Data Processing
This page documents what have been done to the ASCA data at GSFC. We also include some information on events that happened before we received the raw data from ISAS; see the Timelines & Mission Information for more. For the details of what you can do to analyze the ASCA data received from GSFC, please see the Data Analysis page.
Processing Documentation
-
GIS gain
update - more accurately calibrated data have been produced for
some recent sequences outside normal processing. This
supersedes the earlier (2001 April) reprocessing and affects more
sequences.
- The ASCA
Getting Started Guide will help you start working
with your data as quickly and painlessly as possible.
- ASCA Processing detailed documentation
- Screening
Criteria used in processing ASCA data at GSFC.
- Information
on specific ASCA observations
- ASCA calibration data
Special Cases
- Important Events During the ASCA Mission
- Data loss report - check this if your observation has an unexpected gap.
- ASCA Operation News - any other mission anomalies?
Historical Record
- Rules for ASCA data entering the public domain
- Rev1/Rev2 switchover on 1997 June 18.
- The ASCA Project Data
Management Plan (PDMP).
This file was last modified on Tuesday, 12-Oct-2021 14:34:41 EDT
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