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This second release of the Yohkoh Analysis Guide breaks the guide
contents into three volumes. Volume 1 is the User's Guide which gives
step by step instructions on how to do simple analyses of the Yohkoh
data. For the beginner, this volume should take the user through
the steps on how to read, display, and analyze data.
Examples of the calling sequences for certain routines are shown
in that volume, but each routine is not described in complete detail.
An appendix section describes how to use the Yohkoh software from a remote node.
Volume 2 is the Reference Guide. It contains
a more detailed description of many routines. It also provides a
brief description of each of the instruments (instrument resolutions and energy ranges
as well as the basic modes in which the instruments can be operated).
The Reference Guide also describes the Yohkoh
data format, the file naming convention (all of those three letter prefixes),
the software organization and how to customize the Yohkoh setup
Volume 3 is the Instrument Guide. It contains information on the
peculiarities of each of the instruments. It is important to understand
how the data are gathered and how some ``non-solar'' artifacts can be created
in the data.
The conventions used in this manual are:
- Bold face for examples of what the user should type
- Program names are capitalized when mentioned in the text, but
are not capitalized in the user input examples
- Variable names are italicized when mentioned in the text
- Dates and times are in Universal Time (UT) and have the convention ``dd-mmm-yy''
- There are several different types of prompts that appear in the examples.
The prompt IDL> is used for when the user has already entered and is running
IDL. The prompt % is used to signify Unix commands, and the prompt $
signifies VMS commands. There are also FTP> prompts for `File Transfer
Protocol.'
For example, you would only type .run yodat for the following User's Guide
description. You would not type IDL>. Also, for long example strings, the
string might wrap around to the next line. The user should use a $ sign to
continue on the next line when necessary (the example on the page might not be
exactly proper).
IDL> .run yodat
Some of the IDL routines are marked with a notation surrounded by [ and ].
The notations are:
- [IDL]
- for standard IDL procedures and functions
- [IDL-LIB]
- for standard IDL user library procedures and functions
- [IDL-YO]
- for standard IDL user library procedures and functions that
were modified by the Yohkoh team.
- [*]
- for Yohkoh software that is user contributed and might not be
completely bug free or checked out by one of the Yohkoh database and
software managers. These are also routines which might be renamed at some
point in the future. We would be interested in any problems or errors, but
might not be able to respond and fix them in a timely manner. However, please
still send mail to software@isass0.solar.isas.ac.jp. These routines might
also be removed and/or incorporated into other routines. Please be careful
when using these routines.
-
- Routines not marked by any of the above are formal Yohkoh procedures
or functions which are fully supported by the Yohkoh team. If there are
problems or errors with any of these routines, please send mail to:
software@isass0.solar.isas.ac.jp
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