COMPASS Users Information Page

The COMPASS Users Informaton Page

This page is intended to provide a resource for users of COMPTEL data and, in particular, the COMPTEL Processing and Analysis Software (otherwise known as COMPASS). This page provides information not only about COMPASS and its use, it also provides information regarding the datasets that have been made public by the COMPTEL collaboration.

The Subsystems of COMPASS

The COMPASS software consists of a number of tasks that are logically separated into various subsystems. Each subsystem is designed to provide a particular functionality to COMPASS.

ENG - Engineering Processing
IFC - In-Flight Calibration
EVP - Event Processing
This subsystems provides for the processing of the raw flight data (REM) into processed event data (EVP). The processed event data represent the starting point for useful scientific analysis.
DDM - Data Display and Manipulation
This subsystem provides several tasks designed to allow for the display of various COMPASS datasets, including raw event messages (REM), processed event messages (EVP), orbit/aspect data (OAD) and various housekeeping data (HKD).
SIM - Event Simulation
SKY - Skymap Generation
SRC - Source Analysis
BUP - Burst Processing
BUA - Burst Analysis

Data Processing Status

The following links provide access to the latest status of data processing at MPE. These data are based on the processing checks of EVP data performed at UNH. The primary purpose of these data is to provide feedback to the operators at MPE , but they may also be of interest to those who may be analyzing data. These data give only the processing status for those dat abeing processed with version 14 of EVPRNN (delivered in Feb, 1998).

Phase 1 Processing Status (TJD 8392 - 8942)
Phase 2 Processing Status (TJD 8943 - 9236)
Phase 3 Processing Status (TJD 9216 - 9628)
Phase 4 Processing Status (TJD 9629 - 9992)
Phase 5 Processing Status (TJD 9993 - 10398)
Phase 6 Processing Status (TJD 10371 - 10762)
Phase 7 Processing Status (TJD 10763 - 11147)
Phase 8 Processing Status (TJD 11148 - 11519)
Phase 9 Processing Status (TJD 11521 - 11691?)

Datasets Delivered to the CGRO Science Support Center

The following links provide access to reports that list the data that have been delivered to the SSC. For each phase of the mission, there are two types of reports. The first report gives a listing of datasets that are generated on a per viewing period basis (BVC, DRE, DRG, DRX, EVP, MEA, MLM and TIM). The second report gives a listing of datsets that are generated on a per mission day basis (HKD, OAD and PBS). The viewing period information contained in the COMPASS database is also available.

Phase 1 (TJD 8392 - 8942)
- Datasets per Viewing Period
- Datasets per Mission Day
Phase 2 (TJD 8943 - 9236)
- Datasets per Viewing Period
- Datasets per Mission Day
Phase 3 (TJD 9216 - 9628)
- Datasets per Viewing Period
- Datasets per Mission Day
Phase 4 (TJD 9629 - 9992)
- Datasets per Viewing Period
- Datasets per Mission Day
Phase 5 (TJD 9993 - 10398)
- Datasets per Viewing Period
- Datasets per Mission Day
Phase 6 (TJD 10371 - 10762)
- Datasets per Viewing Period
- Datasets per Mission Day
Phase 7 (TJD 10763 - TJD 11147)
- Datasets per Viewing Period
- Datasets per Mission Day
Phase 8 (TJD 11148 - TJD 11519)
- Datasets per Viewing Period
- Datasets per Mission Day
Phase 9 (TJD 11520 - TJD 11691)
- Datasets per Viewing Period
- Datasets per Mission Day

In addition to actual flight data from COMPTEL, several auxilliary datasets have been delivered to support the use of COMPASS at the SSC. The following report provides information on these auxilliary datasets.

Miscellaneous Datasets

Last Updated: March 6, 2001

Dr. Mark L. McConnell
Space Science Center
Morse Hall, Rm 312
University of New Hampshire
39 College Road
Durham, NH 03824-3525

Phone: (603) 862-2047
Fax: (603) 862-4685

E-mail: Mark.McConnell@unh.edu