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| Paper: |
Automated Curation of Infra-Red Imaging Data in the WFCAM and VISTA Science Archives |
| Volume: |
442, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XX (ADASSXX) |
| Page: |
45 |
| Authors: |
Cross, N.; Collins, R.; Sutorius, E.; Hambly, N.; Blake, R.; Read, M. |
| Abstract: |
The two fastest near infrared survey telescopes are UKIRT-WFCAM and VISTA. The
data from both these instruments are being archived by Wide Field Astronomy
Unit (WFAU) at the IfA, Edinburgh, using the same curation pipeline, with some
instrument-specific processing. The final catalogs from these surveys will
contain many tens of billions of detections.
Data are taken for a range of large surveys and smaller PI programs. The
surveys vary from shallow hemisphere surveys to ultra-deep single pointings
with hundreds of individual epochs, each with a wide range of scientific goals,
leading to a wide range of products and database tables being created.
Processing of the main surveys must allow for the inclusion of specific
high-level requirements from the survey teams, but automation reduces the amount
of work by archive operators allowing a higher curation efficiency. The decision
making processes which drive the curation pipeline are a crucial element for
efficient archiving. This paper describes the main issues involved in automating the
pipeline. |
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