SOHO/SUMER Data Analysis Resources This page provides an overview of all online information resources relevant to the analysis of data from the SOHO/SUMER instrument.

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· Instrument/hardware description

• For general information go to the SUMER homepage
• A short Description of the SUMER instrument can be found here.
• A better description of the instrument (written by L. Teriaka) is given here.
• The best description of course has been written by the SUMER team and was published in Solar Physics, Vol. 162, 189 – 231, 1995

· Data file description(s)

• Description of SUMER data and their reduction
• SUMER file catalogue

· Access to SUMER data

• Fits files from the SOHO Archive at GSFC
• European mirror sites of the SOHO Archive are at MEDOC (F),
• Access to IDL restore files by the SUMER image data base at MPS (D)

· Data correction and calibration software

• Recommended software and where to get it
• As introduction please read Description of SUMER data and their reduction
• As general guideline (written for IDL restore files) use the SUMER data cookbook
• Reduction of data in FITS format (FITS and FTS extension): use software at MEDOC

· Reference library

• Recommended reference(s) on file format used: FITS files
• Technical description: SUMER Operations Guide
• A list of spectral lines identified with SUMER is given in the SUMER Spectral Line List.
• Software Notes: All messages written by users to the SUMER software users are archived in the SUMER_SOFT mail archive.

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Udo Schühle, 31 October 2014