Kepler Science Operations Processes, Procedures, and Tools
2010
The Kepler Science Operations Center (SOC) is responsible for the configuration and management of the
SOC Science Processing Pipeline, processing of the science data, distributing data and reports to the Science
Office, exporting processed data for archiving to the Data Management Center at the Space Telescope Science
Institute, and generation and management of the target and aperture definitions. We present an overview of
the SOC procedures and workflows for the data the SOC manages and processes. There are several levels of
reviews, approvals, and processing for the various types of data. We describe the process flow from data
receipt through data processing and export, as well as the procedures in place for accomplishing the tasks. The
tools used to accomplish the goals of Kepler science operations will be presented and discussed as well. These
include command-line tools and graphical user interfaces, as well as commercial products. The tools provide a
wide range of functionality for the SOC including pipeline operation, configuration management, and process
workflow implementation. For a demonstration of the Kepler Science Operations Center's processes,
procedures, and tools, we present the life of a quarter's worth of data, from target and aperture table
generation through archiving the data collected with those tables.
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