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Introduction

The data acquired during one Observing Period by the Wide Field Cameras 
(WFC1 and WFC2) of the SAX satellite will be received on so-called 
Final Observation Tapes (FOT) from the Science Data Centre (SDC).  
The specifications of the FOT is laid down in the "Mission Support 
Component FOT layout Document" (TPZ/GO.SDC-100/FOT-TN/SAX)

This document describes the first two stages of the FOT data-processing for 
the WFCs.  The first stage includes the extraction of all science data and
housekeeping data plus some general satellite information data into a set 
of FITS files.  Using WFC instrument and satellite HK parameters filtering 
and cleaning of the event data is performed.  The second stage involves the
Scientific Analysis.

Presently the WFC software package is only available for UNIX based
operating systems.  The descripions are based on this assumption.

All processing is done by invoking programs or scripts that allow
the user to automatically invoke a sequenc of programs or apply 
programs to a set of data files.  Of each program and script a
detailed description will available.

For getting a completer background of the technical issues the following
reference material are recommended:

- "Mission Support Component FOT layout Document" (TPZ/GO.SDC-100/FOT-TN/SAX)
- "SAX Users's manual" (Alenia SX-MA-AI-019) Chapter 11 (Wide Field Cameras)
- "Definition of the Flexible Image Transport System (FITS)" NOST 100-1.0
- "Users' Guide to FTOOLS" (HEASARC issue of Ftools)





Mark Savenije
Sat Jan 18 15:04:49 MET 1997