COS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24

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12.11

Cycle 23 Calibration Program

The Cycle 23 calibration plans for COS continue the routine calibration and monitoring programs performed in previous Cycles. Brief descriptions of the programs are listed in Table 12.2. The full calibration plan for Cycle 23 is listed in Table 12.12.

Table 12.12: Cycle 23 Calibration Programs

Program Name	Program ID
NUV MAMA Fold Distribution	14444
NUV Detector Dark Monitor	14442
NUV Spectroscopic Sensitivity Monitor	14441
NUV Internal/External Wavelength Scale Monitor	14443
FUV Detector Dark Monitor	14436
FUV Spectroscopic Sensitivity Monitor	14435
FUV Internal/External Wavelength Scale Monitor	14437
COS FUV Detector Gain Maps	14439
COS Pure Parallel Observations of Geocoronal Ly alpha	14438
COS Target Acquisition Monitor	14440

 

If your program requires calibrations beyond those described here, then you should explicitly include this calibration in your Phase I proposal.