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Single survey maps are built using all valid detectors of a frequency channel, but cover separately the different sky surveys.  The single sky surveys are defined in terms of the direction of the satellite's spin axis:  the first survey covers from the beginning of the science observations (the First Light Survey) to the time when the spin axis has rotated by 180 degrees (to the nearest pointing period), the following ones covers from 180 to 360, and so on.  In the case of the nominal mission, the process stops at the third survey, which is incomplete.  In the case of the full mission the 4th survey was interrupted shortly before completing the 180 degree rotation (see LINK), in order to begin observing with a different scanning law.  The HFI mission ended slightly before the natural end of the 5th survey, the LFI mission continued to the XXX survey.  The coverage of each of these periods in terms of ring number, pointingID, and OD, is given in the table below. Note that the OD numbers are only to indicate during which OD the period boundary occurs.
 
Single survey maps are built using all valid detectors of a frequency channel, but cover separately the different sky surveys.  The single sky surveys are defined in terms of the direction of the satellite's spin axis:  the first survey covers from the beginning of the science observations (the First Light Survey) to the time when the spin axis has rotated by 180 degrees (to the nearest pointing period), the following ones covers from 180 to 360, and so on.  In the case of the nominal mission, the process stops at the third survey, which is incomplete.  In the case of the full mission the 4th survey was interrupted shortly before completing the 180 degree rotation (see LINK), in order to begin observing with a different scanning law.  The HFI mission ended slightly before the natural end of the 5th survey, the LFI mission continued to the XXX survey.  The coverage of each of these periods in terms of ring number, pointingID, and OD, is given in the table below. Note that the OD numbers are only to indicate during which OD the period boundary occurs.
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=== Half-ring maps ===
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Half-ring maps are built using only the first or the second half of the stable pointing period data.  There are thus two half-ring maps per frequency channel named ''ringhalf_1'' and ''ringhalf_2'' respectively.  These maps are built for characterization purposes in order to perform null tests. In particular, the difference between the two half-ring maps at a given frequency give a good estimate of the high frequency noise in the data.
  
 
=== Caveats and known issues ===
 
=== Caveats and known issues ===
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<span style="color:red">Insert here how these are seen in the differences of the single survey maps </span>
 
<span style="color:red">Insert here how these are seen in the differences of the single survey maps </span>
 
  
 
==== Artifacts near caustics of the scanning strategy ====
 
==== Artifacts near caustics of the scanning strategy ====
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TBW if still an issue??
 
TBW if still an issue??
  
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=== Detector-set maps ===
 
  
<center>
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="8" align="center" style="background:yellow; color:maroon; font-size:150%"  width="600px"
 
! There  are no detset maps in the first release (at least for HFI). They have been replaced by the ''detset power spectra'' which are the auto and cross power spectra of a fraction of the sky (Gal plane and point sources masked) for selected detsets.
 
  
While this section should be removed; the list of (HFI) detsets should be moved elsewhere.
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<!--- NOT FOR 1st RELEASE … put detset table elsewhere ????
|}
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</center>
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=== Detector-set maps ===
  
 
Detector-set (detset) maps are built for the full (or nominal) mission using a minimal set of detectors.  This concept is applicable to polarization maps, which are built using two PSB pairs at the proper orientations.  The HFI polarized channels are designed to provide two detsets (or quads) each, namely:
 
Detector-set (detset) maps are built for the full (or nominal) mission using a minimal set of detectors.  This concept is applicable to polarization maps, which are built using two PSB pairs at the proper orientations.  The HFI polarized channels are designed to provide two detsets (or quads) each, namely:
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| '''353–ds1:''' 353-5a,353-5b,353-3a,353-3b || '''353–ds2:''' 353-6a,353-6b,353-4a,353-4b
 
| '''353–ds1:''' 353-5a,353-5b,353-3a,353-3b || '''353–ds2:''' 353-6a,353-6b,353-4a,353-4b
 
|}
 
|}
 
Some maps built using a set of a single detector are also provided (TBC), and are described in [[Single detector maps]]
 
  
 
The LFI Detector-set maps are built using pairs of horns in the same scanning row, namely:
 
The LFI Detector-set maps are built using pairs of horns in the same scanning row, namely:
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=== Half-ring maps ===
 
 
Half-ring maps are built using only the first or the second half of the stable pointing period data.  There are thus two half-ring maps per frequency channel named ''ringhalf_1'' and ''ringhalf_2'' respectively.  These maps are built for characterization purposes in order to perform null tests.
 
  
  
 
== List of products ==
 
== List of products ==
  
---- A comment from E. Keihänen:
 
 
Here is a list of things that should go into this section:
 
 
;Insert a table of maps delivered:
 
 
-file name
 
 
-radiometers included
 
 
-PID/OD range
 
 
-resolution
 
 
(-polarization included or not)
 
 
-sky coverage
 
 
-baseline length
 
 
(-reference to input toi objects)
 
 
;Explain the format of  the files, what is in what column, in what units.
 
 
;Information common for all LFImaps:
 
 
-LFI maps were constructed with the Madam map-making code (version 3.7.4).
 
 
-Maps are in Healpix format, in nested pixeling scheme, in K_cmb units, and in galactic coordinate system.
 
 
-Unobserved pixels are marked by the special value -1.6375e30.
 
 
---- EK's comment ends
 
  
 
The list of products containing sky maps are given below, grouped by type
 
The list of products containing sky maps are given below, grouped by type
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  HFI_SkyMap_857_2048_R1.nn_survey_2_ZodiCorrected.fits
 
  HFI_SkyMap_857_2048_R1.nn_survey_2_ZodiCorrected.fits
  
== FITS file structure ==
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---- A comment from E. Keihänen:
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Here is a list of things that should go into this section:
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*Insert a table of maps delivered:
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**file name
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**radiometers included
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**PID/OD range
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**resolution
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**(-polarization included or not)
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**sky coverage
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**baseline length
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**-reference to input toi objects)
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*Explain the format of  the files, what is in what column, in what units.
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*Information common for all LFImaps:
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**LFI maps were constructed with the Madam map-making code (version 3.7.4).
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**Maps are in Healpix format, in nested pixeling scheme, in K_cmb units, and in galactic coordinate system.
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**Unobserved pixels are marked by the special value -1.6375e30.
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---- EK's comment ends
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The FITS file will have one of the following structures:
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== FITS file structure ==
  
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The FITS files for the sky maps contain a simple primary header with no data, and ''BINTABLE'' extension (EXTENSION 1, EXTNAME = 'FREQ-MAP') containing the data.  The structure is shows schematically in the figure below. 
  
 
[[File:FITS_FreqMap.png | 500px  | center | thumb | '''FITS file structure''']]
 
[[File:FITS_FreqMap.png | 500px  | center | thumb | '''FITS file structure''']]
  
The exact order of the columns is indicative only, and the details will be given in the keywords.  Keywords will also indicate the coordinate system (GALACTIC), the Healpix ordering scheme (NESTED), the units (K_cmb), and of course the detector.  Details of the FITS file general structure can be found in the EFDD (ref), and the specifics of certain parameters in ICD-031 (ref)
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The primary header has the form
  
===Header keywords===
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;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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; EXTENSION 0:
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; - Header
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;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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MRDFITS: Null image, NAXIS=0
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SIMPLE  =                   T /Dummy Created by MWRFITS v1.11                 
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BITPIX  =                   8 /Dummy primary header created by MWRFITS       
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NAXIS  =                    0 /No data is associated with this header         
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EXTEND  =                   T /Extensions may (will!) be present             
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END                                                                           
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The ''FREQ-MAP'' BINTABLE extension contains the data.  The table contains 3 columns of that contain the signal, variance, and hit-count maps in Healpix format.  the number of rows is 50331648 for HFI and 12582912 for LFI, corresponding to the number of pixels in a Healpix map of Nside= 2048 and 1024, respectively (N.B: Npix = 12 Nside^2).  The 3 columns are ''I_STOKES'' for the intensity (or temperature) signal, ''II_COV'' for the variance, and ''HIT'' for the hit-count. 
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The exact order of the columns in the figure is indicative only, and the details can be found in the keywords.  Keywords also indicate the coordinate system (GALACTIC), the Healpix ordering scheme (NESTED), the units (K_cmb or MJy/sr) of each column, and of course the frequency channel (FREQ). The COMMENT fields give a one-line summary of the product, and some other information useful for traceability within the DPCs. The original filename is also given in the ''FILENAME'' keyword as is the md5 checksum for the extension. The ''BAD_DATA'' keyword gives the value used by Healpix to indicate pixels for which no signal is present (these will also have a hit-count value of 0).
  
 
A typical header for the data extension of an intensity only map is:
 
A typical header for the data extension of an intensity only map is:
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  ; - Header
 
  ; - Header
 
  ;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  ;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  XTENSION= 'BINTABLE'          /Written by IDL:  Fri Nov 30 15:13:55 2012        
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MRDFITS: Binary table.  3 columns by  1 rows.
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  XTENSION= 'BINTABLE'          /Written by IDL:  Thu Jan 31 11:03:21 2013        
 
  BITPIX  =                    8 /                                                 
 
  BITPIX  =                    8 /                                                 
 
  NAXIS  =                    2 /Binary table                                     
 
  NAXIS  =                    2 /Binary table                                     
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  COMMENT  *** End of mandatory fields ***                                         
 
  COMMENT  *** End of mandatory fields ***                                         
 
  COMMENT                                                                         
 
  COMMENT                                                                         
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EXTVER  =                    1 /Extension version                             
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DATE    = '2013-01-31'        /Creation date                                 
 
  COMMENT                                                                         
 
  COMMENT                                                                         
 
  COMMENT  *** Column names ***                                                   
 
  COMMENT  *** Column names ***                                                   
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  COMMENT                                                                         
 
  COMMENT                                                                         
 
  TFORM1  = '50331648E'          /                                                 
 
  TFORM1  = '50331648E'          /                                                 
  TFORM2  = '50331648E'          /                                                 
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  TFORM2  = '50331648J'          /                                                 
 
  TFORM3  = '50331648E'          /                                                 
 
  TFORM3  = '50331648E'          /                                                 
 
  COMMENT                                                                         
 
  COMMENT                                                                         
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  COMMENT  *** Planck params ***                                                   
 
  COMMENT  *** Planck params ***                                                   
 
  COMMENT                                                                         
 
  COMMENT                                                                         
UNITCONV=              0.00000 / (MJy/sr)/K_cmb unit conv. factor             
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  EXTNAME = 'FREQ-MAP'          / Extension name                               
  EXTNAME = 'FREQ-MAP'          /                                              
 
 
  COORSYS = 'GALACTIC'          / Coordinate system                               
 
  COORSYS = 'GALACTIC'          / Coordinate system                               
 
  ORDERING= 'NESTED  '          / Healpix ordering                               
 
  ORDERING= 'NESTED  '          / Healpix ordering                               
 
  NSIDE  =                2048 / Healpix Nside                                   
 
  NSIDE  =                2048 / Healpix Nside                                   
  FIRSTPIX=                    0 /                                              
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  FIRSTPIX=                    0 / First pixel # (0 based)                       
  LASTPIX =            50331647 /                                              
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  LASTPIX =            50331647 / Last pixel # (0 based)                       
  FILENAME= 'HFI_SkyMap_100_2048_R1.00_nominal.fits' / FITS filename            
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  FILENAME= 'HFI_SkyMap_217_2048_R1.10_nominal_ZodiCorrected.fits' / FITS filename
  FILEDATE= '2012-11-30 15:13'  / File creation date                           
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  CHECKSUM= '3aIB6Z993aGA3Y99'  / HDU checksum created 2013-01-31T10:03:22     
 
  BAD_DATA=        -1.63750E+30 / bad pixel value                                 
 
  BAD_DATA=        -1.63750E+30 / bad pixel value                                 
  PROCVER = 'DX9-delta'          / Product version                                 
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FREQ    = '217    '          / reference frequency                           
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  PROCVER = 'DX9_Delta'          / Product version                                 
 
  COMMENT                                                                         
 
  COMMENT                                                                         
 
  COMMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  COMMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  COMMENT Full channel frequency map for nominal mission                        
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  COMMENT Full channel sky map: nominal mission, corrected for Zodi & FSL       
 
  COMMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  COMMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  COMMENT HFI-DMC objects:                                                         
 
  COMMENT HFI-DMC objects:                                                         
  COMMENT in-group: MAP_DX9_2048_GALACTIC_0240_27008/                            
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  COMMENT in-group: MAP_v53_noZodi_2048_GALACTIC_0240_27008/                    
 
  COMMENT Creation date  - object name                                             
 
  COMMENT Creation date  - object name                                             
  COMMENT 12-05-29 13:38 - 100GHz_W_TauDeconv_nominal_I                            
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  COMMENT 13-01-03 18:33 - 217GHz_W_TauDeconv_nominal_I                            
  COMMENT 12-05-29 13:38 - 100GHz_W_TauDeconv_nominal_H                            
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  COMMENT 13-01-03 18:33 - 217GHz_W_TauDeconv_nominal_H                            
  COMMENT 12-05-29 13:38 - 100GHz_W_TauDeconv_nominal_II                          
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  COMMENT 13-01-03 18:33 - 217GHz_W_TauDeconv_nominal_II                          
 
  COMMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  COMMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  END                                                                             
 
  END                                                                             
  
 
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The same structure applies to all ''SkyMap'' products, independent of whether they are full channel, survey of half-ringThe distinction between the types of maps is present in the FITS filename (and in the traceability comment fields).   
The header of the Zodiacal light (and FSL) correction maps is:
 
 
 
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
; EXTENSION 1: COMP-MAP
 
; - Header
 
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
XTENSION= 'BINTABLE'           /Written by IDL:  Fri Nov 30 15:29:58 2012     
 
BITPIX  =                    8 /                                               
 
NAXIS  =                    2 /Binary table                                   
 
NAXIS1  =            603979776 /Number of bytes per row                       
 
NAXIS2  =                    1 /Number of rows                                 
 
PCOUNT  =                    0 /Random parameter count                         
 
GCOUNT  =                    1 /Group count                                   
 
TFIELDS =                    3 /Number of columns                             
 
COMMENT                                                                       
 
COMMENT  *** End of mandatory fields ***                                       
 
COMMENT                                                                       
 
COMMENT                                                                       
 
COMMENT  *** Column names ***                                                 
 
COMMENT                                                                       
 
TTYPE1  = 'CORR_353'          / Correction 353 GHz                           
 
TTYPE2  = 'CORR_545'          / Correction 545 GHz                           
 
TTYPE3  = 'CORR_857'          / Correction 857 GHz                           
 
COMMENT                                                                       
 
COMMENT  *** Column formats ***                                               
 
COMMENT                                                                       
 
TFORM1  = '50331648E'          /                                               
 
TFORM2  = '50331648E'          /                                               
 
TFORM3  = '50331648E'          /                                               
 
COMMENT                                                                       
 
COMMENT  *** Column units ***                                                 
 
COMMENT                                                                       
 
TUNIT1  = 'K_CMB  '          /                                               
 
TUNIT2  = 'MJy/sr[nuI(nu)=cst]' /                                             
 
TUNIT3  = 'MJy/sr[nuI(nu)=cst]' /                                             
 
COMMENT                                                                       
 
COMMENT  *** Planck params ***                                                 
 
COMMENT                                                                       
 
EXTNAME = 'COMP-MAP'          /                                               
 
AST-COMP= 'ZODI-FSL'          / Component                                     
 
COORSYS = 'GALACTIC'          / Coordinate system                             
 
ORDERING= 'NESTED  '          / Healpix ordering                             
 
NSIDE  =                2048 / Healpix Nside                                 
 
FIRSTPIX=                    0 /                                               
 
LASTPIX =            50331647 /                                               
 
FILENAME= 'HFI_SkyMap_ZodiCorr_2048_R1.00.fits' / FITS filename               
 
  FILEDATE= '2012-11-30 15:29'  / File creation date                           
 
BAD_DATA=        -1.63750E+30 / bad pixel value                               
 
PROCVER = 'DX9-delta'          / Product version                               
 
COMMENT                                                                       
 
COMMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
COMMENT This is a map representation of the modelled Zodiacal light and Far Side
 
COMMENT Lobe contributions that have been removed from nominal mission frequency
 
COMMENT maps.  See the Explanatory Supplement for details.                    
 
COMMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
COMMENT HFI-DMC objects:                                                       
 
COMMENT group uncorr 353: /data/dmc/MISS03/DATA/MAP_v53_noZodi_2048_GALACTIC_024
 
COMMENT group nozodi 353: /data/dmc/MISS03/DATA/MAP_DX9_2048_GALACTIC_0240_27008
 
COMMENT group uncorr GAL: /data/dmc/MISS03/DATA/MAP_v53_MJyResca_noZodi_2048_GAL
 
COMMENT group nozodi GAL: /data/dmc/MISS03/DATA/MAP_v53_MJyResca_2048_GALACTIC_0
 
COMMENT Creation date  - object name                                           
 
COMMENT 12-11-26 22:19 - 353GHz_W_TauDeconv_nominal_I                         
 
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[[Category:Mission science products]]
 
[[Category:Mission science products]]

Revision as of 10:37, 31 January 2013

Introduction[edit]

Sky maps are produced by combining appropriately the data of all working detectors in a frequency channel over some period of the mission. They give the best estimate of the signal from the sky (unpolarised) after removal, as far as possible, of known systematic effects and of the dipole signals induced by the motion of the solar system in the CMB and of the Planck satellite in the solar system. In particular, they include the Zodiacal light emission (Zodi for short) and also the scattering from the far-side lobes of the beams (FSL). More on this below.

Sky maps are provided for the nominal Planck mission and for the first two single surveys, the third one being covered only for a small part during the nominal mission (REF). AMo: There is a table with table below that defines these coverage periods, but I believe that information should be in an earlier section that describes the mission and the events that interrupted it, the planet passages, the pointing, issues relating to timing, etc. That section should define a pointing period, and operational day, etc. There is some of that info in the HFI pre-processing section, but that may not be the best place for it.For characterization purposes, are also provided maps covering the nominal survey but using only half of the available data. These are the ringhalf_{1|2} maps, which are built using the first and second half of the stable pointing part of the data in each pointing period.


Missions and sky survey coverage periods
Name Ini_OD Ini_Ring Ini_ptgID End_OD End_ring End_ptgID
Nominal 91 240 00004200 563 14724 03180200
HFI-Full 91 240 00004200 993 27008 06344800
LFI-Full 91 240 00004200 TBD TBD TBD
SCAN1 91 240 00004200 270 5720 01059820
SCAN2 270 5721 01059830 456 11194 02114520
SCAN3 456 11195 02114530 636 16691 03193660
SCAN4 636 16692 03193670 807 21720 04243900
SCAN5 807 21721 95000020 993 27008 06344800
SCAN6 993 ---- 06344810 993 ---- TBD


All sky maps are in Healpix format, with Nside of 2048 for HFI and of 1024 for LFI, in Galactic coordinates, and Nested ordering. The signal is given in units of Kcmb for 33-353 GHz, and of MJy/sr (for a constant $\nu F_\nu$ energy distribution ) for 545 and 857 GHz. Each sky map is packaged into a BINTABLE extension of a FITS file together with a hit-count map (or hit map, for short) and a variance map, and additional information is given in the FITS file header. The structure of the FITS file is given in the FITS file structure section below.

The FITS filenames are of the form {H|L}FI_SkyMap_fff_nnnn_R1.nn_{type}_{coverage}_{type}.fits, where fff are three digits to indicate the Planck frequency band, and nnnn is the Healpix Nside of the map, coverage indicates which part of the mission is covered, and the optional type indicates the subset of input data used. A full list of products, by their names, is given in the List of products below.

HFI processing[edit]

The mapmaking pipeline is described in detail in the Map-making section, and a brief summary is given here for convenience.

The cleaned TOIs of signal of each detector, together with their flags, and the TOIs of pointing (quaternions), are the inputs to the mapmaking step. The input signal TOIs are calibrated in Watt, and their associated flags are used to samples or full rings to discard. Are discarded periods of unstable pointing and pointing maneuvers in general, glitched data, transits over bright planets (and some asteroids TBC) (since they move, the hole is covered during another sky survey), and some full rings are discarded if their noise properties differ significantly from the nominal value and the few rings of duration longer than 90 min, since the pointing is not sufficiently stable over such long periods (details in Discarded rings section). The TOIs are first used to build Healpix rings, each ring containing the combined data of one pointing period using the nearest grid point method (NGP). These are then calibrated in brightness, cleaned of the dipole signals, and projected onto Healpix maps as explained in the following sections. Need to add POINTING DETAILS

The cleaned TOIs are expressed in Watts from the sky absorbed by the bolometer and must be calibrated in astrophysical units. At 100-353 GHz, the flux calibration gains are determined for each pointing period (or ring) from the solar-motion dipole after removal of the small dipole induced by the motion of the Planck satellite in the solar system. The solar-motion dipole from WMAP (REF) is used for this purpose. This gain by ring is then smoothed with a window of width 50 rings, which reveals an apparent variation of ~1-2% on a scale of 100s to 1000s of rings for the 100-217 GHz channels, and is applied to the Watt data. At 353GHz, where the solar motion dipole is weaker compared to the signal, no gain variation is detected, and the same fixed gain is applied to all rings. At 545 and 857 GHz the gain is determined from the observation of Uranus and Neptune (Jupiter is not used because its brightness produced some non-linearity in the bolometer response) and comparison to recent models (REF) made explicitly for this mission. A single gain is applied to all rings at these frequencies.

Prior to projecting the Healpix rings (HPRs) onto a map, a destriping approach is used to remove low-frequency noise. The noise is modelled as the sum of a white noise component and a constant, or offset, per pointing period which represents the low frequency 1/f noise. The offsets are determined by minimizing the differences between HPRs at their crossings. After subtracting these offsets, calibrated data are projected onto Healpix maps, with the data of each bolometer weighted by a factor of 1/NET of that bolometer.

These maps provide the main mission products. A second, reduced, set of maps, cleaned of the Zodiacal emission of the FSL leakage is also produced for the nominal mission and the two single surveys, but not for the half-rings. For this purpose, the the Zodiacal emission and the FSL contamination, which are not fixed on the sky, are modeled separately at HPR-level, and subtracted from the signal HPR before projecting them onto the maps.

Together with signal maps, hit count and variance maps are also produced. The hit maps give the (integer) number of valid TOI-level samples that contribute to the signal of each pixel. All valid samples are counted in the same way, i.e., there is no weighting factor applied. The variance maps project the white noise estimate, provided by the NETs, in the sky domain.

LFI processing[edit]

LFI processing is covered in Sect. 4.5

Selected images[edit]

Insert here some images:


Types of maps[edit]

Full channel maps[edit]

Full channel maps are built using all the valid detectors of a frequency channel and cover the full mission (or the nominal mission for the 1st release). For HFI, the 143-8 and 545-3 bolometers are rejected entirely as they are seriously affected by RTS noise.

Single survey maps[edit]

Single survey maps are built using all valid detectors of a frequency channel, but cover separately the different sky surveys. The single sky surveys are defined in terms of the direction of the satellite's spin axis: the first survey covers from the beginning of the science observations (the First Light Survey) to the time when the spin axis has rotated by 180 degrees (to the nearest pointing period), the following ones covers from 180 to 360, and so on. In the case of the nominal mission, the process stops at the third survey, which is incomplete. In the case of the full mission the 4th survey was interrupted shortly before completing the 180 degree rotation (see LINK), in order to begin observing with a different scanning law. The HFI mission ended slightly before the natural end of the 5th survey, the LFI mission continued to the XXX survey. The coverage of each of these periods in terms of ring number, pointingID, and OD, is given in the table below. Note that the OD numbers are only to indicate during which OD the period boundary occurs.

Half-ring maps[edit]

Half-ring maps are built using only the first or the second half of the stable pointing period data. There are thus two half-ring maps per frequency channel named ringhalf_1 and ringhalf_2 respectively. These maps are built for characterization purposes in order to perform null tests. In particular, the difference between the two half-ring maps at a given frequency give a good estimate of the high frequency noise in the data.

Caveats and known issues[edit]

The Zodiacal light and the Far-Side Lobes[edit]

Insert here how these are seen in the differences of the single survey maps

Artifacts near caustics of the scanning strategy[edit]

TBW if still an issue??



List of products[edit]

The list of products containing sky maps are given below, grouped by type

Outstanding: link to archive objects / LFI to fill in their products

Full channel maps 
LFI maps ….
HFI_SkyMap_100_2048_R1.nn_nominal.fits
HFI_SkyMap_143_2048_R1.nn_nominal.fits
HFI_SkyMap_217_2048_R1.nn_nominal.fits
HFI_SkyMap_353_2048_R1.nn_nominal.fits
HFI_SkyMap_545_2048_R1.nn_nominal.fits
HFI_SkyMap_857_2048_R1.nn_nominal.fits
Single survey maps 
LFI maps ….
HFI_SkyMap_100_2048_R1.nn_survey_1.fits
HFI_SkyMap_143_2048_R1.nn_survey_1.fits
HFI_SkyMap_217_2048_R1.nn_survey_1.fits
HFI_SkyMap_353_2048_R1.nn_survey_1.fits
HFI_SkyMap_545_2048_R1.nn_survey_1.fits
HFI_SkyMap_857_2048_R1.nn_survey_1.fits
HFI_SkyMap_100_2048_R1.nn_survey_2.fits
HFI_SkyMap_143_2048_R1.nn_survey_2.fits
HFI_SkyMap_217_2048_R1.nn_survey_2.fits
HFI_SkyMap_353_2048_R1.nn_survey_2.fits
HFI_SkyMap_545_2048_R1.nn_survey_2.fits
HFI_SkyMap_857_2048_R1.nn_survey_2.fits


Half-ring maps 
LFI maps ….
HFI_SkyMap_100_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ringhalf_1.fits
HFI_SkyMap_143_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ringhalf_1.fits
HFI_SkyMap_217_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ringhalf_1.fits
HFI_SkyMap_353_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ringhalf_1.fits
HFI_SkyMap_545_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ringhalf_1.fits
HFI_SkyMap_857_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ringhalf_1.fits
HFI_SkyMap_100_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ringhalf_2.fits
HFI_SkyMap_143_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ringhalf_2.fits
HFI_SkyMap_217_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ringhalf_2.fits
HFI_SkyMap_353_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ringhalf_2.fits
HFI_SkyMap_545_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ringhalf_2.fits
HFI_SkyMap_857_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ringhalf_2.fits
Zodi and Far-side-lobes corrected maps 
HFI_SkyMap_100_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_143_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_217_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_353_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_545_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_857_2048_R1.nn_nominal_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_100_2048_R1.nn_survey_1_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_143_2048_R1.nn_survey_1_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_217_2048_R1.nn_survey_1_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_353_2048_R1.nn_survey_1_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_545_2048_R1.nn_survey_1_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_857_2048_R1.nn_survey_1_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_100_2048_R1.nn_survey_2_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_143_2048_R1.nn_survey_2_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_217_2048_R1.nn_survey_2_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_353_2048_R1.nn_survey_2_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_545_2048_R1.nn_survey_2_ZodiCorrected.fits
HFI_SkyMap_857_2048_R1.nn_survey_2_ZodiCorrected.fits



A comment from E. Keihänen:

Here is a list of things that should go into this section:

  • Insert a table of maps delivered:
    • file name
    • radiometers included
    • PID/OD range
    • resolution
    • (-polarization included or not)
    • sky coverage
    • baseline length
    • -reference to input toi objects)
  • Explain the format of the files, what is in what column, in what units.
  • Information common for all LFImaps:
    • LFI maps were constructed with the Madam map-making code (version 3.7.4).
    • Maps are in Healpix format, in nested pixeling scheme, in K_cmb units, and in galactic coordinate system.
    • Unobserved pixels are marked by the special value -1.6375e30.

EK's comment ends


FITS file structure[edit]

The FITS files for the sky maps contain a simple primary header with no data, and BINTABLE extension (EXTENSION 1, EXTNAME = 'FREQ-MAP') containing the data. The structure is shows schematically in the figure below.

FITS file structure

The primary header has the form

;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; EXTENSION 0: 
; - Header
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
MRDFITS: Null image, NAXIS=0
SIMPLE  =                    T /Dummy Created by MWRFITS v1.11                  
BITPIX  =                    8 /Dummy primary header created by MWRFITS         
NAXIS   =                    0 /No data is associated with this header          
EXTEND  =                    T /Extensions may (will!) be present               
END                                                                             
  

The FREQ-MAP BINTABLE extension contains the data. The table contains 3 columns of that contain the signal, variance, and hit-count maps in Healpix format. the number of rows is 50331648 for HFI and 12582912 for LFI, corresponding to the number of pixels in a Healpix map of Nside= 2048 and 1024, respectively (N.B: Npix = 12 Nside^2). The 3 columns are I_STOKES for the intensity (or temperature) signal, II_COV for the variance, and HIT for the hit-count. The exact order of the columns in the figure is indicative only, and the details can be found in the keywords. Keywords also indicate the coordinate system (GALACTIC), the Healpix ordering scheme (NESTED), the units (K_cmb or MJy/sr) of each column, and of course the frequency channel (FREQ). The COMMENT fields give a one-line summary of the product, and some other information useful for traceability within the DPCs. The original filename is also given in the FILENAME keyword as is the md5 checksum for the extension. The BAD_DATA keyword gives the value used by Healpix to indicate pixels for which no signal is present (these will also have a hit-count value of 0).

A typical header for the data extension of an intensity only map is:

;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; EXTENSION 1: FREQ-MAP
; - Header
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
MRDFITS: Binary table.  3 columns by  1 rows.
XTENSION= 'BINTABLE'           /Written by IDL:  Thu Jan 31 11:03:21 2013       
BITPIX  =                    8 /                                                
NAXIS   =                    2 /Binary table                                    
NAXIS1  =            603979776 /Number of bytes per row                         
NAXIS2  =                    1 /Number of rows                                  
PCOUNT  =                    0 /Random parameter count                          
GCOUNT  =                    1 /Group count                                     
TFIELDS =                    3 /Number of columns                               
COMMENT                                                                         
COMMENT  *** End of mandatory fields ***                                        
COMMENT                                                                         
EXTVER  =                    1 /Extension version                               
DATE    = '2013-01-31'         /Creation date                                   
COMMENT                                                                         
COMMENT  *** Column names ***                                                   
COMMENT                                                                         
TTYPE1  = 'I_STOKES'           /                                                
TTYPE2  = 'HITS    '           /                                                
TTYPE3  = 'II_COV  '           /                                                
COMMENT                                                                         
COMMENT  *** Column formats ***                                                 
COMMENT                                                                         
TFORM1  = '50331648E'          /                                                
TFORM2  = '50331648J'          /                                                
TFORM3  = '50331648E'          /                                                
COMMENT                                                                         
COMMENT  *** Column units ***                                                   
COMMENT                                                                         
TUNIT1  = 'K_CMB   '           /                                                
TUNIT2  = '        '           /                                                
TUNIT3  = 'K_CMB   '           /                                                
COMMENT                                                                         
COMMENT  *** Planck params ***                                                  
COMMENT                                                                         
EXTNAME = 'FREQ-MAP'           / Extension name                                 
COORSYS = 'GALACTIC'           / Coordinate system                              
ORDERING= 'NESTED  '           / Healpix ordering                               
NSIDE   =                 2048 / Healpix Nside                                  
FIRSTPIX=                    0 / First pixel # (0 based)                        
LASTPIX =             50331647 / Last pixel # (0 based)                         
FILENAME= 'HFI_SkyMap_217_2048_R1.10_nominal_ZodiCorrected.fits' / FITS filename
CHECKSUM= '3aIB6Z993aGA3Y99'   / HDU checksum created 2013-01-31T10:03:22       
BAD_DATA=         -1.63750E+30 / bad pixel value                                
FREQ    = '217     '           / reference frequency                            
PROCVER = 'DX9_Delta'          / Product version                                
COMMENT                                                                         
COMMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT Full channel sky map: nominal mission, corrected for Zodi & FSL         
COMMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT HFI-DMC objects:                                                        
COMMENT in-group: MAP_v53_noZodi_2048_GALACTIC_0240_27008/                      
COMMENT Creation date  - object name                                            
COMMENT 13-01-03 18:33 - 217GHz_W_TauDeconv_nominal_I                           
COMMENT 13-01-03 18:33 - 217GHz_W_TauDeconv_nominal_H                           
COMMENT 13-01-03 18:33 - 217GHz_W_TauDeconv_nominal_II                          
COMMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------
END                                                                             

The same structure applies to all SkyMap products, independent of whether they are full channel, survey of half-ring. The distinction between the types of maps is present in the FITS filename (and in the traceability comment fields).

Cosmic Microwave background

(Planck) High Frequency Instrument

Operation Day definition is geometric visibility driven as it runs from the start of a DTCP (satellite Acquisition Of Signal) to the start of the next DTCP. Given the different ground stations and spacecraft will takes which station for how long, the OD duration varies but it is basically once a day.

(Planck) Low Frequency Instrument

To be defined / determined

Flexible Image Transfer Specification

To be confirmed

Noise Equivalent Temperature

random telegraphic signal

Data Management Component, the databases used at the HFI and LFI DPCs