Tasks for the RHESSI tohban
Daily
Monitor solar activity as described
here.
Then look at the respective
data gap files,
and check for gaps coincident with the flare times. If such gaps exist, contact
an operator and ask to replay the data.
Record attenuator state changes and decimation state changes, which can be
seen in
the metadata
plots. For obtaining more exact times via IDL, refer to this
page.
This is also very useful for imaging spectroscopy. Ideally, each major
flare would
be mentioned along with any changes in attenuator state or decimation
state during
that time... But this is not required.
Monitor the SSR fill level. Consult with the operator about memory
management. (Possible use of decimation if
SSR fill level is too high (>50%).)
At times of high activity we have sometimes had to move the SSR pointers
and deleted data from the telemetry.
Please try to avoid deleting day-before and day-after intervals used for
gamma-ray background corrections if this becomes necessary.
Confirm that the decimation program is appropriate to solar and
magnetospheric conditions. The decimation pages
give full information about this.
Communicate if necessary with ground-based observers (e.g. via
Max Millennium) with regard to observing campaign activities.
Keep David Smith informed of shutter program changes.
Update the
gaps log
if a pointer adjustment was made.
Weekly
Survey the
mission-long parameter plots to check for interesting trends.
Run the flare-counting software
HSI_TOHBAN_FLARE_COUNTER
as a nucleus of information for the weekly report.
Write, file, and e-mail the weekly report (see previous
Tohban reports
for an idea of how to write one).
One needs to log in to the UCB Unix cluster and rsh to the tohban
account for this purpose.
The e-mail should go not only to the tohbans, but to Bob Lin and the
operators.
tohban@ssl.berkeley.edu
