Herschel Data Processing Workshop 2012
ESAC, Villafranca del Castillo, Madrid
20 February 2012 (Introductory session)
21-22 February 2012 (PACS instrument)
23-24 February 2012 (SPIRE & HIFI instruments)
General
The Herschel Space Observatory is the fourth cornerstone mission in the ESA science "Horizon 2000" plan. It carries a 3.5 meter passively cooled telescope, and performs imaging photometry and spectrometry in the far-infrared and submillimetre part of the spectrum, covering the 55-672 micrometres range. The science payload consists of three instruments which are provided by consortia led by Principal Investigators: The Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared, HIFI, whose PI is F. Helmich, SRON, Groningen, The Netherlands; the Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer, PACS, whose PI is A. Poglitsch, MPE, Garching, Germany; and the Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver, SPIRE, whose PI is M. Griffin, Cardiff University, UK. Herschel is the first space facility dedicated to the submillimetre and far-infrared, and is being operated as a multiuser astronomical observatory that provides observation opportunities to the entire astronomical community.
Successfully launched together with Planck on 14 May 2009, Herschel has recently entered the third and last full year of Routine Phase Operations, in which OT1 programmes will be completed and extensive schedule of successful GT2/OT2 programmes will commence.
Objectives
This workshop, organised by the Herschel Science Centre, in collaboration with the Instrument Control Centres and the NASA Herschel Science Centre, is targeted at an audience of active HIPE users involved in the data reduction of successful OT1 programmes who want to get a deeper knowledge of the interactive processing of Herschel data for the analysis of the OT1 observations that they are now collecting.
The workshop will include overview talks about the Herschel Interactive Processing Environment (HIPE) and demos addressing a wide variety of hot data reduction topics, including hands-on sessions in which the participants will have the opportunity to work on their own data supported in person by instrument experts. The first day of the workshop will be devoted to people who are relatively new to HIPE, while the rest of the days in the week will be oriented to more advanced users.
Draft Agenda
Sessions will start at 09:00 every day. The workshop will end on Friday 24 February not later than 16:30h. The draft agenda can be found here.
Contents
Introductory sessions: 20 February
- Quick introduction to HIPE, including basic scripting/programming
- Basics on data access: HSA user interface and data handling in HIPE
- Quick introduction to PACS photometer data processing
- Quick introduction to PACS spectroscopy data processing
- Quick introduction to SPIRE photometer data processing
- Quick introduction to SPIRE spectrometer data processing
- Quick introduction to HIFI data processing
- General HIPE Q&A session
- Hands-on General HIPE session
Topical PACS DP issues: 21/22 February
- PACS photometry pipelines and calibration
- PACS point source photometry
- PACS photometry: mapping algorithms for extended emission
- General PACS Photometry Q&A session
- Hands-on PACS Photometry session
- PACS spectroscopy pipelines and calibration
- PACS spectroscopy: slightly extended sources
- PACS spectroscopy: pointing offsets and impact on absolute flux calibration
- General PACS Spectroscopy Q&A session
- Hands-on PACS Spectroscopy session
Topical SPIRE DP issues: 23/24 February
- SPIRE photometry: Map making for extended sources
- SPIRE photometry: Point source photometry (aperture, timeline-fitting, 1/f noise and errors)
- SPIRE photometry: Extended source photometry
- General SPIRE Photometer Q&A session
- Hands-on SPIRE Photometer session
- SPIRE FTS: improving the standard archive products
- SPIRE FTS: point source line measurements, high resolution mode
- SPIRE FTS: continuum measurements
- SPIRE FTS: Spectral maps
- General SPIRE Spectrometer Q&A session
- Hands-on SPIRE Spectrometer session
Topical HIFI DP issues: 23/24 February
- HIFI Treating artifacts
- HIFI Correction of Standing Waves
- HIFI Spectral Scans
- HIFI Spectral Maps
- HIFI Science Analysis Tools
- General HIFI Q&A session
- Hands-on HIFI session
Advanced HIPE issues
- Advanced data handling: myHSA
- How to customize pipelines in HIPE and share them
- What's coming up in HIPE 9.0
Participants
Preparation for the Workshop
Hardware requirements
Platforms officially supported for the workshop are:
- Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
- MacOS X 10.5 ("Leopard") and MacOS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard")
or superior (MacOS X 10.7 "Lion" is probably OK, although still under evaluation)
- Linux
Java 1.6 is required. If you are using Linux or MacOS X, at the command line, type "java -version" to check what version you have. The Java version distributed with the JRE and supported is 1.6.0_26 at the moment.
Memory requirements
- Windows/Linux 32-bit 4 GB RAM minimum
- Windows/Linux/Mac 64-bit 4 GB RAM minimum
Hard disk requirements
- Approximately 5 GB free disk space minimum
Pre-installation of HIPE
Registered participants will be provided with links for software download and installation instructions prior to the meeting. It is imperative that users download and install the latest version of HIPE on their laptops PRIOR to the workshop. The specific version and installer to use will be announced in due time.
The HSC Helpdesk will be
available to assist with installation issues.
Pre-workshop video tutorials
A limited number of video-tutorials showing some basics of HIPE and how to run the various instrument pipelines will be made available to the workshop participants some time before the start of the workshop through the 'Learn HIPE' youtube channel.
Accommodation & Transportation
A limited number of rooms have been pre-booked with a special discount price in Hotel NH Alberto Aguilera located in the centre of Madrid. The rooms will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants need to make their own reservations directly with the hotel quoting reservation number 143949301 (ESA conference) for the discount. A free bus service will be organized between the Hotel NH Alberto Aguilera and ESAC during the workshop dates. The bus will leave every morning at 8:15 sharp from the Hotel NH Alberto Aguilera.
Hotel NH Alberto Aguilera ***
Calle Alberto Aguilera, 18
28015 Madrid
Tel: +34 91 4460900
Fax: +34 91 4460904
E-mail: nhalbertoaguilera@nh-hotels.com
Below is also a selection of additional hotels situated in the centre of Madrid.
Hotel Florida Norte ****
Paseo de la Florida, 5
28008 Madrid
Tel: +34 91 5428300
Fax: +34 91 5477833
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Hotel Rafael Piramides
Paseo de las Acacias, 40
28005 Madrid
Tel: +34 91 5171828
Fax: +34 91 5170090
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Tryp Gran Vía ***
Gran Vía, 25
28013 Madrid
Tel: +34 91 5221121
Fax: +34 91 5212424
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Venue
The workshop will be held at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) situated in Villanueva de la Cañada, about 30kms North-West of Madrid.
Maps and driving directions to ESAC from Madrid airport (Barajas) and Madrid city centre can be found here.
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