Summary of XRT Data Verification tasks

6-Jan-2017 (AkT) initial version. prepared for Chunming
19-Feb-2019, slightly modified to train Suman
26-Feb-2019 added L0 movie creation note
8-Mar-2019, added XRT instrument PNGs
3-Aug-2019, added a short article, "AEC and PFB".
19-May-2022, slightly modified to train Rhiannon.

0. Hinode project and XRT


Svalbard ground station (Norway) providing coverage for Hinode.

1. Hinode satellite operation and Data flow

[ OP upload ]

Observation plans are prepared by weekly duty scientists (Chief Observers, or COs) for the 3 instruments, and a Chief planner(CP). Prepared timelines are uploaded from Kagoshima Space Center (Japan) by satellite operation specialists(Tobans). Hinode daily events page .
XRT timeline archive .

[ Data downlink ]

2. Operation of XRT

The XRT team has a weekly team meeting (telecon) to discuss weekly observation plan. Every Wednesday evening (in US) at 5:30pm(MST) or 6:30pm(MDT). Both times correspond to Thursdays, 9:30am in Japan. You are required to attend this meeting in your DV duty week (to give a DV report), but for other weeks it is just optional.

CO and DV of the week give brief report on their week's observation and discuss next week plan.

We have an XRT Homepage at Smithsonian Astrophycial Observatory (SAO) to provide a variety of information about the XRT.

XRT is already 15 years old, and has some instrumental problems:

3. XRT data verification task.

The primary purpose of the Data Verification is to check if XRT stays healthy and to detect any anomaly at the earliest stage as possible.
  1. Monitoring Housekeeping data plots (at least twice a day). --- You can do this task from your web browser.
  2. Reviewing the most recent Quick Look data. --- You need to login to our DV machine, (kootenai).

    Location of QL data : Kootenai% cd /Data/XRT_QL
    Kootenai:(your idl directory)% sswidl
    IDL> .r msu_xrtdv
    Input Start Time [eg. 17-Apr-2010 16:25] : 17-may-2022 11:20
    Input End Time [eg. 18-Apr-2010 16:25] :   18-may-2022 11:10
    ...
    ...
    -1 (to end)
    

  3. Compile a daily DV report and submit to the xrt_co mailing list (xrt_co [at] solar.isas.jaxa.jp, you need to join this mailing list).
  4. Give a brief DV report (oral summary of the week) in the weekly XRT telecon.

  5. As an optional task, a DV (or anyone in the XRT team) is encouraged to write an XPOW article about interesting events observed with XRT (current XPOW editor: Lucas Guliano @SAO).

4. To efficiently perform DV tasks ...

Understand recent XRT operation.

Frequent programs and HOPs.

HOP(Hinode Operation Plan): special observation plan proposed by scientist(s) inside/outside Hinode group. Selected monthly by Science Schedule Coordinators(SSCs). Coordinated observation with other instruments are usually performed as a HOP.
IHOP(IRIS-Hinode Operation Plan) : HOP specially with IRIS.

Know where to look to get information.

Bookmarking of the "XRT Mission Operation" page on your browser on Kootenai is recommended, and this page, also.

XRT_CO email archive : solar@ayame.pub.isas.jaxa.jp (hi----)

DV memo

5. Level0 Mpeg Movie Archive update.

A memo from Chunming, and IDL programs.

Another memo from Keiji.

6. "AEC" and "PFB"

XOB for HOP362(campaign with Hida & IRIS)