Design Description for NEWSIPS Background
Determining Algorithm for High-Dispersion Images
Myron Smith, CSC/IUE Observatory

 
• Overview
• Background Determination: Step-by-Step
  • Data Screening
  • Pass 1: Cross-Dispersion Swath Grid
    • Basic Flow
    • Differentiation of Swath Regions
    • Swath-Dependent Data Files
    • On-the-Fly Pathology Screening
    • PSF Modeling
    • Post-Solution Pathology Tests
  • Pass 2: Dispersion Direction Swaths
  • Non-continuum images
  • Data Pathology Assessments
• Failure Modes
• Problem Areas
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