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7. The ISO Data Archive (IDA)
ISO was operated as an observatory with the majority of its observing
time being distributed to the general astronomical community. One of
the consequences of this is that the data set is not homogeneous, as
would be expected from a survey. The observational data underwent
sophisticated data processing, including validation and accuracy
analysis. In total, the ISO Data Archive contains about 30,000
standard observations, 120,000 parallel, serendipity and calibration
observations and 17,000 engineering measurements.
In addition to the observational data products,
the archive also contains satellite data, documentation,
data of historic aspects and externally derived products, for a total
of more than 400 GBytes stored on magnetic disks.
The ISO Data Archive is constantly being improved both in contents
and functionality throughout the Active Archive Phase, ending in December
2006.
Subsections
ISO Handbook Volume I (GEN), Version 2.0, SAI/2000-035/Dc