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<title><![CDATA[What are the calibration uncertainties for Herschel data?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Answer supplied by David Teyssier:
 
The calibration uncertainties vary from one instrument to another. A summary of those is provided in each of the instrument overview pages, namely:
HIFI: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/herschel/hifi-overview
PACS: http...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Answer supplied by David Teyssier:</p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">The calibration uncertainties vary from one instrument to another. A summary of those is provided in each of the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">instrument overview pages, namely:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #000000;">HIFI: </span><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT139_com_zimbra_url"><a href="https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/herschel/hifi-overview" target="_blank"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT131_com_zimbra_url"><span style="color: #0000ff;">https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/herschel/hifi-overview</span></span></a></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #000000;">PACS: </span><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT140_com_zimbra_url"><a href="https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/herschel/pacs-overview" target="_blank"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT132_com_zimbra_url"><span style="color: #0000ff;">https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/herschel/pacs-overview</span></span></a></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #000000;">SPIRE: </span><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT141_com_zimbra_url"><a href="https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/herschel/spire-overview" target="_blank"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT133_com_zimbra_url"><span style="color: #0000ff;">https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/herschel/spire-overview</span></span></a></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">The calibration uncertainties are provided in the Performance and Calibration section, typically with a distinction between absolute and relative (repeatability) accuracy. For HIFI a dedicated calibration uncertainty budget table exists per observation, and can be retrieved as an HPDP - see </span><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT142_com_zimbra_url"><a href="https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/herschel/highly-processed-data-products" target="_blank"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT134_com_zimbra_url"><span style="color: #0000ff;">https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/herschel/highly-processed-data-products</span></span></a></span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;">.<br /><br />The Herschel Science Centre has produced a number of short videotutorials about the analysis of data with the Herschel instruments. These contain information on the uncertainties in photometry and on the flux calibration of spectroscopy and how to treat the different effects that may influence it. You can find the videotutorials, which we recommend strongly viewing, here:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/herschel/legacy-training-materials">https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/herschel/legacy-training-materials</a><br /></span></span></p>]]></content:encoded>
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