10 Project Schedule
The SEDI project schedule is presented in Fig. 8. The list of intermediate and final data products are listed with the corresponding delivery dates in Table 2.
During stage 1 we will concentrate on observations planning and the modeling of the MIPS detector response. The detector model will be integrated into the SEDI generation 1 imaging pipeline. To test the pipeline and optimize the observations we will produce simulated MIPS and IRAC data including memory effects as measured in test data. This simulated data will also be used to test point source extraction methods. We will start gathering and processing the ancillary data. The proposals will be presented to the appropriate telescope time allocation committees (ESO, DRAO) as early as possible in 2001. The first run of observing is thus foreseen in the second semester of 2001, and the completion of the observations by the end of 2002. This includes near-IR observations to be used for the scientific validation of the catalog.
Stage 2 begins with the First-Look Survey data which will be the first SIRTF observations to test our detector models and point source extraction methods. We will continue to optimize the detectors modelling and start developing the redundancy modules for the generation 2 imaging pipeline. We will update the generation 1 point source catalog and images as our data arrives. One year after end of IOC, we will submit the AORs for the second-look IRS and MIPS SED observations. At the same time, we will start working on the processing of the spectroscopic data. The generation 2 point source catalog will be developed during the second year of the SIRTF mission.
The SEDI Legacy program will offer an unique data base to prepare further observations. We are therefore committed to rapidly deliver data products to the SSC at intermediate levels of achievement in the data processing. For each release and for all data products we will publish an explanatory supplement which will include the algorithms used in the data processing with the values of all relevant parameters. Our plans for data delivery are summarized in Table 2. The SIRTF data products are described in Section 7, the ancillary data products in Section 8.
Some of the co-Is will be fully dedicated to the scientific analysis of the data which will thus proceed in parallel to data reduction. The scientific analysis will contribute to the validation of the data products and will stimulate progress in the data processing. At the end of stage 2, the final data products will be released and the whole team will focus on the science.
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Figure 8Project schedule |
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