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).

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This file was last modified on Friday, 14-Apr-2006 16:31:29 EDT
Curator: Michael Arida (SP Sys); arida@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
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This file was last modified on Friday, 14-Apr-2006 16:31:29 EDT