List of Acronyms and Symbols

 
AA		    Auto Analysis

AOT		   Astronomical Observation Template

APH		   Aperture Pointing History

CA		    Calibration Analysis

CAM		   ISO Camera

d		   Fabry-Pérot gap width

ERD		   Edited Raw Data

FITS		  Flexible Image Transport System

FM		    Flight Model (of SWS)

FS		    Flight Spare model (of SWS)

FWHM		  Full Width at Half Maximum

F-P		   Fabry-Pérot Spectrometer

IA		    Interactive Analysis

ILT		   Instrument Level Test (SWS laboratory test)

JFET		  Junction Field Effect Transistor

LW		    Long Wavelength section of SWS

LWS		   ISO Long Wavelength Spectrometer

  		Number of scan steps per AOT band

  		Number of scan steps per FWHM of spectral resolution

  		Step size in scanner steps

  		Wavelength

n		Fabry-Pérot order

  		 Number of integrations

  		 Number of samples taken from a single spectral resolution element

  		 Number of scans

  		 Number of steps

  		 Dark current noise

  		 Read noise

  		 Shot noise

ODS		   Observatory Data Server

OLP		   Off-Line Processing

PHT		   ISO Photopolarimeter

QLA		   Quick Look Analysis

RTA		   Real Time Assessment

R		   Spectral Resolution

SNR		   Signal-to-Noise Ratio

SOC		   Science Operations Center (Villafranca)

SPD		   Standard Processed Data

SW		    Short Wavelength section of SWS

SWS		   ISO Short Wavelength Spectrometer

S		   Signal Strength (  V/s)

  		Flux density (Jy)

TDATA		 Transparent Data

TDF		   Telemetry Distribution Format

TDT		   Target Dedicated Time

  		 Detector reset time (sec)

UTK		   Uniform Time Key