Kepler: A Search for Terrestrial Planets - Kepler Data Characterization Handbook

The Kepler Data Characteristics Handbook (KDCH) provides a description of all phenomena identified in the Kepler data throughout the mission, and an explanation for how these characteristics are handled by the final version of the Kepler Data Processing Pipeline (SOC 9.3).The KDCH complements the Ke...

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Published inNASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI). Reports
Main Authors Van Cleve, Jeffrey, Christiansen, J L, Coughlin, J L, Girouard, F, Haas, M R, Klaus, T C, Kolodziejczak, J J, Li, J, McCauliff, S D, Morris, R L, Mullally, F, Quintana, E V, Jenkins, J M, Rowe, J, Sabale, A, Seader, S, Smith, J C, Still, M D, Tenenbaum, P G, Thompson, S E, Twicken, J D, Uddin, A K, Zamudio, K, Caldwell, D A, Barclay, T, Bryson, S T, Burke, C J, Campbell, J, Catanzarite, J, Clarke, B D
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Published Hampton NASA/Langley Research Center 15.12.2016
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Data processing
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Planet detection
Terrestrial planets
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Summary:The Kepler Data Characteristics Handbook (KDCH) provides a description of all phenomena identified in the Kepler data throughout the mission, and an explanation for how these characteristics are handled by the final version of the Kepler Data Processing Pipeline (SOC 9.3).The KDCH complements the Kepler Data Release Notes (KDRNs), which document phenomena and processing unique to a data release. The original motivation for this separation into static, explanatory text and a more journalistic set of figures and tables in the KDRN was for the user to become familiar with the Data Characteristics Handbook, then peruse the short Notes for a new quarter, referring back to the Handbook when necessary. With the completion of the Kepler mission and the final Data Release 25, both the KDCH and the DRN encompass the entire Kepler mission, so the distinction between them is in the level of exposition, not the extent of the time interval discussed.