SOHO/CDS Planning Guide

Useful Studies

This is a description of the CDS planning procedure.

1. Setup

1. Login to the master account on solar, where the Y option enables trusted X11 forwarding (ie; don't need to do SETENV display nonsense);

   ssh -Y master@solar.ag.rl.ac.uk

2. Start cidl, setup the various paths and invoke the planning tools;
   
   
   
   • IDL>use_eof_cat
   • IDL>use_eof_data
   • IDL>mk_plan
   
   
3. Add DSN row to timeline plot. Select Operations →Customise Display Window and enable DSN.


4. Invoke Image Tool.
   • Display latest EIT and/or MDI images by selecting Private Data from the Image Tool Image Picker panel. (May need to toggle "Auto List files" or select "List files" button to populate the list).
   • Select required images. If "Auto accept selection" is enabled then selected images will automatically be displayed.
   • When required images are loaded, then go into the pointing tool panel selected from Tools →Pointing Tool.
   • If no images are found, then see the section Retrieving the Latest SOHO/EIT/MDI Images below.

2. Planning

• Do plan
• See NASA's SOHO webpage - and check both the Science Operations page and the "The very latest SOHO images"
• Refer to the SolarMonitor web page to view the latest images from various spacecraft; includes SOHO, HINODE, STEREO...
• See Planning Tips below

3. Finish

• Make sure the plan has been saved.
• Update the science plans by selecting Operations →UPDATE SCIENCE Plan with DETAILS Plan.
• Export the plans to an ascii file by selecting Operations →EXPORT Plans.
• Make final inspection of plans by clicking PREVIEW PLANS →PREVIEW DETAILED PLANS. Note that the "Dismiss" button doesn't work! This widget will disappear when you dismiss the XPORT tool.
• When you're ready press the "EXPORT NOW" button. This will generate an ascii file containing the plan. The widget tells you the name of the file that the plan is exported to, and it will be sent (by default) to the directory;

  /eofcs/data/plan/database/export

• Send the exported (ascii file) plan to GSFC EOF as an attachment to an email to both
  • cdsplanner at grace.nascom.nasa.gov
  • nelson.cheung-1 at nasa.gov
  
  with a subject line of;

  CDS Plan (attached) for Thurs 24-Apr-2013

  If you're running on;
  
  
  1. Mac/Linux then use kmail (which is the solar machine's native email tool). Notice the shortcut when adding the attachment, it will take you straight to the export directory
  
  
  2. Windoze, then you need to copy/ftp the plan file over to your local machine and use Outlook, etc. An alternative means is (under CIDL) compile and run the procedure

     CIDL> .compile /usr/local/html_docs/plans/plans_html

     CIDL> plans_html

     This will copy all the plan files to the webpage ../plans/plans_index.html where you can download it from the web.
  Make sure to attach the file!!!!!


• Have a coffee break!

Planning Tips

• Save regularly
• Take advantage of copying plans

Retrieving the Latest SOHO/EIT/MDI Images