// QL noise filtering parameters for sky images noiseAnnAvg TRUE // noise via triple Annular averaging filtering rather than spike filtering removal smoothPasses 3 // number of noise filter passes re comparison of pixel value with mean and std dev. smoothNStdDev 3 // # of standard deviations for which points are smoothed by replacement with mean // dark image filtering parameters nZonesX 8 // number of rectangular zones for smoothing nZonesY 8 smoothDarkPasses 3 //max # of smoothng passes to be made (0 = don't smooth) smoothDarkNStdDev 3.0 //# std dev for which points are smoothed during integration using the averaging method smoothDarkAvg FALSE // replace all points in each block with the block average after smoothing // QL parameters write1D TRUE //output 1D interferogram into QL file nAnnuli 200 // # annuli to use for integration 2-D image to 1-D interferogram nPeaksExpected 2 // # peaks to be used in the 1-D interferogram (0=unknown how many peaks) // QL ring center parameters imageCtrPxX 5.10 // center of 630 image, units of pixels ->chip width of 256 taken as -128,128 imageCtrPxY 17. // Hampton update 10-3-08 peakRange[0] 30,70 // expected start/end position of 630 nm in pixels for peak 0 peakRange[1] 70,115 // expected start/end position of 630 nm in pixels for peak 1 tempProcess FALSE // turn off the processing of temperature due to peak broadening peakRangeLaser[0] 10,35 // where to look for the peaks in the laser image peakRangeLaser[1] 50,75 thickness 1.5 // spacer gap in cm lambdaLaser 632.81644 // laser wavelength in nm lambdaSky 630.0030 // nightglow wavelength in nm atomicWeight 16 // emitter atomic or molecular weight in g/mol adaptivePeaks FALSE // turns on peak fitting processing // QL display parameters displayFreqX 2 // controls sampling of image for display in X direction displayFreqY 2 intensScale 1000,3000,10000,20000,50000,100000*, 200000, 300000 velScale -10:10, -20:20, -30:30, -50,50, -100:100, -200:200, -500:500*"m/s" tempScale 500:900,600:1600*,700:1200// choices for temperature ranges zenith0 1.5 // max |zenith angle| which is considered 0 dirAzTolerance 2.0 // tolerance in Az direction for repeated angles dirZeTolerance 2.0 // tolerance in Ze for repeated angles ff0 1.0 // flat-field correction, normalized to center of image ff1 0.15 // with 15% boost at edge of image for 120 annul // AnalyzeControlFile.txt: Parameters for the generation and fitting of images sx 1.24 // detector width, cm sy 1.24 // detector height, cm px 1024 // detector width in pixels py 1024 // detector height in pixels bx 2 // binning width in pixels by 2 // binning height in pixels centerX 0.0 // x at center of image, pixels centerY 0.0 // y at center of image, pixels f0 50 // focal length, cm d0 1.5 // etalon gap, cm mu 1.0 // index of refraction within etalon gap M 16 // atomic mass of emitting atom, g/mole lambda0 630 // wavelength of emitting atom at rest, nm deltaLambda 0.5 // bandwidth of the interference filter, nm TF 0.70 // filter transmission temperature 1000 // nightglow temperature, K D 0.01 // etalon imperfection broadening parameter Refl 0.77 // reflectivity of the etalon mirrors a 10 // etalon aperture diameter, cm K 20 // number channels per ordervelScale time 100 // integration time, s v 2000 // relative velocity of the emission source, m/s y0 0 // reference phase offset T0 0.075 // system transmission Q 0.95 // quantum efficiency of the detector, counts/photon beta 0.0005 // dark count signal, counts/(s pixel) sigma 4 // readout noise standard deviation, counts/pixel R0 50.0 // source signal, Rayleighs dLdR 0.075 // continuum background, Rayleighs/nm noiseFactor 1.0 // multiplies SQRT(signal) for noise variance