Euclid SGS NIR PF Software User Manual

Abstract

The NIR processing function is part of the Euclid SGS data processing software and is intended to be executed automatically inside the Euclid SGS infrastructure. The operation environment and the interfaces of the software, both with the Euclid infrastructure and with the other processing functions, have been standardized across the whole Euclid SGS. Therefore, this document covers only what is specific to the processing function. The NIR Processing Function is in charge of producing calibrated exposures and stacks by processing raw NISP scientific and calibration exposures and the associated auxiliary data produced by the LE1 processing function, operated by SOC. It reduces all NISP imaging data of the Euclid wide and deep surveys. It also reduces data from dedicated NISP-P calibration blocks, acquired during the Performance Verification phase or during nominal flight operations. Part of the NIR PF processing steps performing the pre-reduction are also in charge of processing the images acquired by NISP spectroscopic channel and are therefore in common with the SIR Processing function. This Software User Manual provides generic installation and usage instructions for the NIR pipelines. This issue of the SUM is applicable for NIR PF release 2.1.1.