Data Reduction/Analysis

Data analysis and software development took place at the University of Wisconsin Space Astronomy Laboratory (SAL). Much of the data reduction was accomplished by a FORTRAN language package (REDUCE) generalized for a collection of Reticon detector/spectropolarimeters developed at SAL to support ground-based (HPOL/PBO), the space shuttle-flown Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE) and Rocket UV spectropolarimetry. This software package was initially installed on UNIX based microVAXes for several years and is currently on SiliconGraphics machines running IRIX and machines running Linux.

These are links from the Wisconsin REDUCE page: Starlight to REDUCE (PBO)

Why Data Must Be Reduced (HPOL)

What REDUCE Does to Your Data

Some Basics about Reducing Data (HPOL)(page1 (page2)

Flux Calibration (Ground-Based Obs)

WUPPE Data Reduction Steps

REDUCE Command List

Polarization Command List