• 2.1 Overview of the document
• 2.2 Where to go now

   
2. How to use this manual

   
2.1 Overview of the document

Each of the chapters in this manual addresses a different aspect of the LWS instrument and data. Chapter 3 addresses the Instrument and its operations, Chapter 4 gives information on some of the instrument peculiarities, Chapter 5 describes the calibration and the expected accuracy, Chapter 6 gives an overview of the data processing that was used to derive the products, Chapter 7 describes what the observer should be aware of when using the LWS Auto Analysis results, Chapter 8 is a detailed guide to all the data product file, Chapter 9 can be used as a starting point for LWS products, and Chapter 10 describes possible algorithms for extra processing the observer may want to perform.

Although all information is relevant for the LWS data, it is not strictly necessary in order to publish an LWS spectrum to go in detail through all chapters. Some observers may just want to get information on the end products (the Auto Analysis results), and therefore do not care about the raw data, others may want to go into the raw data and start their analysis from that. In this chapter we give some indications where to start in this manual for different interests.

   
2.2 Where to go now

What every observer should read

To be able to start using the data the observer should first read Chapter 9, which gives indications how to read the data, and where to find the different parameters. The second important chapter is Chapter 10, which gives some suggestions on post-processing. In order to correctly use the LWS data, the observer should finally be aware of the caveats in the data processing. Therefore also Chapter 7 should be read by every observer.

If you want more information on the processing

For those who want to have more information about the data processing we suggest to read, in addition to Chapters 7, 9 and 10 the Chapters 4, 6 and 8. These give important information on the instrument characteristics, the processing and the output files.

If you want more information on the calibration

For those who want more information on the calibration of the instrument and the expected accuracy of the calibration, we suggest to read Chapters 4 and 5 in addition to the Chapters 7, 9 and 10 mentioned above.

If you want more information on the instrument operations

To get more information on the instrument operations, we suggest to read Chapters 3 and 4 in addition to Chapters 7, 9 and 10 mentioned above.