Yohkoh Analysis Guide

Reference Guide

Ver 1.06  Ed: M.D. Morrison  6-Nov-1992
Ver 2.00  Ed: M.D. Morrison 25-Jan-1994
Ver 2.91  Ed: R.D. Bentley  1-Mar-1998
Ver 2.91+  Ed: A.Takeda (Yohkoh Legacy data Archive)  11-May-2006
Ver 2.92  Ed: A.Takeda (Yohkoh Legacy data Archive)  18-Mar-2014

1 Introduction to the Yohkoh Data and Software
    1.1 YS, YDB, and YDn Directories
    1.2 Yohkoh Software Organization
    1.3 How to Contribute Software to the Yohkoh Tree
    1.4 Yohkoh Data File Format
    1.5 Yohkoh Data File Names
        1.5.1 Yohkoh Directory Logicals/Environment Variables
        1.5.2 Yohkoh Prefixes
        1.5.3 Yohkoh File IDs
        1.5.4 Yohkoh Week IDs
        1.5.5 Yohkoh Carrington IDs
    1.6 Interactive Data Language (IDL)
        1.6.1 Some Comments about IDL
        1.6.2 Programs, Procedures, and Functions
        1.6.3 Running IDL programs
2 General Yohkoh Software
    2.1 Routines for Reading and Saving Data
        2.1.1 RD_XDA, RD_xxx
        2.1.2 RD_ROADMAP
        2.1.3 RD_QS
        2.1.4 SAVEGEN and RESTGEN
        2.1.5 SAV_SDA
        2.1.6 SAV_BDA and SAV_BSC
        2.1.7 SAV_HXI
        2.1.8 SXT2FITS
    2.2 Routines for Data Selection
        2.2.1 TIM2DSET
    2.3 Routines for Making Time Plots
        2.3.1 PLOTY
        2.3.2 OBS_PlOT
    2.4 Routines for Data and Information Extraction
        2.4.1 The Concept Behind the GT Routines
        2.4.2 GT_DP_RATE
        2.4.3 DPRATE2SEC
        2.4.4 GT_DP_MODE
        2.4.5 GET_INFO
    2.5 Routines for Calibration and Analysis
        2.5.1 FSP_PROC [*]
        2.5.2 FSP_11 [*]
    2.6 Routines for Image Alignment
        2.6.1 SXT_PREP
        2.6.2 Other Routines
    2.7 Accessing Secondary Databases
        2.7.1 CONTACTS
        2.7.2 PR_FEM
        2.7.3 PR_EVN
        2.7.4 PLOT_EVN
        2.7.5 RD_FEM
        2.7.6 RD_OBS
    2.8 Reading Exabyte Archive Tapes
3 Bragg Crystal Spectrometer (BCS)
    3.1 Routines for Data Selection
        3.1.1 LIST_BDA
        3.1.2 SELECT_BDA
    3.2 Routines for Making Time Plots
        3.2.1 BCS_24HR_PLOT
        3.2.2 PLOTT_BDA
        3.2.3 LCBDA [*]
    3.3 Routines for Making Spectral Plots
        3.3.1 PLOTS_BDA
        3.3.2 PLOTBDA
        3.3.3 BCS_MULTI
        3.3.4 BCS_CONT
    3.4 Routines for 2-D Spectral Display
        3.4.1 DISP_BDA
        3.4.2 BCS_SPMOVIE
        3.4.3 GS [*]
    3.5 Routines for Data and Information Extraction
        3.5.1 EXT_BCSCHAN
        3.5.2 LIST_BDA
        3.5.3 GT_TOTAL_CNTS
        3.5.4 GT_BLOCKID
    3.6 Routines for Calibration and Analysis
        3.6.1 BCS_DECOMP
        3.6.2 BCS_NORM
        3.6.3 SUM_BDA
        3.6.4 PLOT_REF [*]
        3.6.5 BCS_DTFAC
        3.6.6 BCS_POINT
        3.6.7 BCS_SYNTHETIC
        3.6.8 BCS_SPEC
    3.7 BSC Routines
        3.7.1 HELP_BSC
        3.7.2 MK_BSC
        3.7.3 SEL_BSC
        3.7.4 LIST_BSC
        3.7.5 SAV_BSC
        3.7.6 RD_BSC
        3.7.7 BSC2BSD
        3.7.8 MAP_BSC
        3.7.9 LC_BSC
        3.7.10 WBDA
        3.7.11 GT_BSC_BINCAL
        3.7.12 FIT_BSC
        3.7.13 BCS_BROAD
        3.7.14 PLOT_BSC
        3.7.15 FIT_BSC_PLOT
        3.7.16 MK_FIT_BSC_EPS
4 Hard X-Ray Telescope (HXT)
    4.1 Routines for Making Time Plots
        4.1.1 PLOTT_HDA
    4.2 Routines for 2-D Spectral Display
        4.2.1 DISP_HDA
    4.3 Routines for Data and Information Extraction
        4.3.1 GT_SUM_L
        4.3.2 GET_INFO
    4.4 Routines for Calibration and Analysis
        4.4.1 HXT_QLOOK
        4.4.2 HXTPRO
        4.4.3 HXT_IMG
        4.4.4 GET_HXT_POS
        4.4.5 HXT_FSP and HXTBOX_FSP [*]
        4.4.6 SXTHXT_FSP and SXTHXTBOX_FSP[*]
        4.4.7 HXT_DECOMP
5 Soft X-Ray Telescope (SXT)
    5.1 Routines for Data Selection
        5.1.1 SSWHERE
        5.1.2 SHOW_OBS3
        5.1.3 SHOW_OBS4
        5.1.4 PLOT_FOV
    5.2 Routines for Making Time Plots
        5.2.1 LCUR_IMAGE
    5.3 Routines for Image Display and Enhancement
        5.3.1 STEPPER
        5.3.2 XY_RASTER
        5.3.3 DISP_MONTH
        5.3.4 UNSHARP_MASK
        5.3.5 DE_SPIKER
        5.3.6 SXT_GRID
    5.4 Routines for Data and Information Extraction
        5.4.1 GET_INFO
        5.4.2 EXT_SUBSET [*]
        5.4.3 GT_FILTA
        5.4.4 GT_FILTB
        5.4.5 GT_PFI_FFI
        5.4.6 GT_RES
        5.4.7 GT_COMP
        5.4.8 GT_DPE
        5.4.9 GT_MBE
        5.4.10 GT_EXPDUR
        5.4.11 GT_EXPLAT
        5.4.12 GT_EXPMODE
        5.4.13 GT_CORNER
        5.4.14 GT_CENTER
        5.4.15 GT_SXT_AXIS
        5.4.16 GT_PIX_SIZE
        5.4.17 GT_TEMP_CCD
        5.4.18 GT_TEMP_HK
        5.4.19 SXTPNT_SUM
        5.4.20 PR_SXTOBS
        5.4.21 PFI_LOC
    5.5 Routines for Calibration and Analysis
        5.5.1 SXT_PREP
        5.5.2 XSXT_PREP
        5.5.3 SXT_DECOMP
        5.5.4 SXT_COMP
        5.5.5 RESTORE_LOW8
        5.5.6 SFD_COMP
        5.5.7 SFD_DECOMP
        5.5.8 EXP_NORM
        5.5.9 SXT_COMPOSITE
        5.5.10 MK_SFD
        5.5.11 DARK_SUB
        5.5.12 GET_DC_IMAGE
        5.5.13 LEAK_SUB
        5.5.14 INTERP_IMG
        5.5.15 SXT_FSP and SXTBOX_FSP [*]
        5.5.16 SXTHXT_FSP and SXTHXTBOX_FSP [*]
        5.5.17 SXT_TEEM
        5.5.18 SXT_ERG_PER_DN
        5.5.19 SXT_VIGNETTE
        5.5.20 SXT_OFF_AXIS
        5.5.21 WL_PROCESS [*]
    5.6 Routines for Image Alignment
        5.6.1 SXT_PREP
        5.6.2 SXT_CENTER [*]
        5.6.3 GET_GBO_PFI [*]
        5.6.4 OCENTER
    5.7 Routines for Accessing Secondary Database Files
        5.7.1 GTAB_COMM, GTAB_ENTRY, GTAB_ROI
        5.7.2 GTAB_PFI and GTAB_FFI
    5.8 Routines for Engineering Plots
        5.8.1 PLOT_SOT
        5.8.2 PLOT_TEMPS2 [*]
        5.8.3 PLOT_SSL
6 Wide Band Spectrometer (WBS)
    6.1 Routines for Making Time Plots
        6.1.1 PLOTT_WDA
    6.2 Routines for Making Spectral Plots
        6.2.1 PLOTS_WDA
    6.3 Routines for 2-D Spectral Display
        6.3.1 DISP_WDA
        6.3.2 SXSPC
        6.3.3 WBSPC
        6.3.4 PLOT_HXSPC
        6.3.5 PLOT_HXSPH
        6.3.6 PLOT_GRSPCL
        6.3.7 PLOT_GRSPCH
        6.3.8 PLOT_GRSPHL
        6.3.9 PLOT_GRSPHH
        6.3.10 Light Curve of RBM-PC
    6.4 Routines for Data and Information Extraction
        6.4.1 GT_ Routines
        6.4.2 GET_INFO
    6.5 Routines for Calibration and Analysis
        6.5.1 HXS_FSP [*]
        6.5.2 HXS_SPL
        6.5.3 HXS_SP2
        6.5.4 GRS_SPEFF
        6.5.5 Further Analysis of HXS and GRS Data
    6.6 Instrument Response Files
        6.6.1 SXS
        6.6.2 HXS
        6.6.3 GRS
A Yohkoh Distribution and Archive Tapes
    A.1 The Organization of the Tapes
    A.2 Overview of Yohkoh Data Archive
    A.3 Structure of Archive Tape
    A.4 Access Software
        A.4.1 Reading Tapes (RDTAP)
        A.4.2 Tape Reading on VMS
        A.4.3 Tape Read Errors
        A.4.4 Writing Tapes
B Institutes and Nodes with the Yohkoh Package
    B.1 List of Institutes
    B.2 List of Node Names and Numbers
C Accessing the University of Hawaii SPAM Database
D Accessing the Optical Solar Data of NAOJ
E Using the Laser Disk System at ISAS
    E.1 Viewing Existing Movies (VIDEO_MENU)
    E.2 Making Title Pages
    E.3 Recording a New Movie to Laser Disk
        E.3.1 Hardware: Positioning the Sony Laser Disk
        E.3.2 Software
        E.3.3 Adding Another Movie
        E.3.4 NVS/Sony Problems
    E.4 Transferring a Movie to VCR Video
        E.4.1 Initial setup
        E.4.2 Short test of hardware communications.
        E.4.3 Running MK_VCR
        E.4.4 How to create/modify the file that MK_VCR uses
F Using the Laser Disk System at LPARL
    F.1 Viewing Existing Movies
        F.1.1 Using IDL and Menu Driven Software
        F.1.2 Displaying a Single Recorded Image
        F.1.3 Playing the Panasonic Laser Disks
    F.2 Making Title Pages
    F.3 Recording a New Movie to Laser Disk
        F.3.1 Panasonic Problems
    F.4 Transferring a Movie to VCR Video
G Using Magneto-Optical (MO) Disks at ISAS
    G.1 Mounting MO Disks From Unix
    G.2 Mounting MO Disks From IDL
H Guides to Yohkoh Operations at ISAS

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