SUN/259.1

Starlink Project
Starlink User Note 259.1

Jen Balfour

9th April 2008

Copyright © 2008 Science and Technology Facilities Council


GSD2ACSIS

Version 1.1

Programmer’s Guide



Abstract

GSD2ACSIS is a SMURF routine used to convert DAS and AOSC data stored in the GSD file format into the format used for ACSIS data.

Contents

1 Introduction
2 ACSIS File Format
3 GSD File Format
4 ACSIS NDF Extension
5 JCMTSTATE NDF Extension
6 FITS headers
 6.1 Telescope Specific
 6.2 OMP and ORAC-DR Specific
 6.3 Observation, Date and Pointing Specific
 6.4 Integration Time Specific
 6.5 ACSIS Specific
 6.6 Front End Specific
 6.7 Environment Specific
 6.8 Switching and Mapping Details
 6.9 Secondary Mirror Specific
 6.10 JOS Parameters
 6.11 Miscellaneous
 6.12 ROVER Polarimeter Specific
7 WCS NDF Extension
 7.1 Source RA/Dec, telescope location, and observation time
 7.2 Frequency scale
 7.3 Velocity definition
 7.4 Using the WCS frameset
8 Suggested example GSD files
A Headers and Arrays in GSD DAS files
 A.1 GSD Headers
 A.2 GSD Arrays
 A.3 Dimensionality of GSD Arrays