Introduction to IRIS operations

Edited by Bart De Pontieu, Jim Lemen and Milan Gošić

Last updated on Sep 01, 2022.

Contents:

• 1. Instrument overview
  • 1.1. Summary
  • 1.2. IRIS satellite design
  • 1.3. IRIS instrument
  • 1.4. IRIS in brief
• 2. Data types provided by IRIS
  • 2.1. Spectrograph
  • 2.2. Slit-jaw Imager
  • 2.3. IRIS Data Level Definitions
• 3. How is IRIS operated
  • 3.1. IRIS orbit
  • 3.2. Data rate and downlink
  • 3.3. Baseline operations
  • 3.4. Operations under roll conditions
• 4. IRIS timeline
  • 4.1. Timeline operations
• 5. Observing with IRIS
  • 5.1. IRIS day-to-day operations
  • 5.2. IRIS data availability
  • 5.3. IRIS eclipse season
  • 5.4. How to request IRIS observations?
  • 5.5. IRIS observing mode requirements and properties
  • 5.6. Linelists
• 6. IRIS planning tool