Reference Files

The fringe step uses a FRINGE reference file.

FRINGE Reference File

REFTYPE:

FRINGE

Data model:

FringeModel

The FRINGE reference file contains pixel-by-pixel fringing correction values.

Reference Selection Keywords for FRINGE

CRDS selects appropriate FRINGE references based on the following keywords. FRINGE is not applicable for instruments not in the table. Non-standard keywords used for file selection are required.

Instrument

Keywords

MIRI

INSTRUME, DETECTOR, BAND, DATE-OBS, TIME-OBS

Standard Keywords

The following table lists the keywords that are required to be present in all reference files. The first column gives the FITS keyword names. The second column gives the jwst data model name for each keyword, which is useful when using data models in creating and populating a new reference file. The third column gives the equivalent meta tag in ASDF reference file headers, which is the same as the name within the data model meta tree (second column).

FITS Keyword

Data Model Name

ASDF meta tag

AUTHOR

model.meta.author

author

DATAMODL

model.meta.model_type

model_type

DATE

model.meta.date

date

DESCRIP

model.meta.description

description

FILENAME

model.meta.filename

N/A

INSTRUME

model.meta.instrument.name

instrument: {name}

PEDIGREE

model.meta.pedigree

pedigree

REFTYPE

model.meta.reftype

reftype

TELESCOP

model.meta.telescope

telescope

USEAFTER

model.meta.useafter

useafter

NOTE: More information on standard required keywords can be found here: Standard Required Keywords

Type Specific Keywords for FRINGE

In addition to the standard reference file keywords listed above, the following keywords are required in FRINGE reference files, because they are used as CRDS selectors (see Reference Selection Keywords for FRINGE):

Keyword

Data Model Name

DETECTOR

model.meta.instrument.detector

BAND

model.meta.instrument.band

Reference File Format

FRINGE reference files are FITS format, with 3 IMAGE extensions and 1 BINTABLE extension. The FITS primary HDU does not contain a data array. The format and content of the file is as follows:

EXTNAME

XTENSION

NAXIS

Dimensions

Data type

SCI

IMAGE

2

ncols x nrows

float

ERR

IMAGE

2

ncols x nrows

float

DQ

IMAGE

2

ncols x nrows

integer

DQ_DEF

BINTABLE

2

TFIELDS = 4

N/A

The values in the SCI array give the correction values to be applied to the science data. Because MIRI MRS exposures are always full-frame, the image dimensions should be 1032 x 1024.

The DQ_DEF extension contains the bit assignments used in the DQ array. It contains the following 4 columns:

TTYPE

TFORM

Description

BIT

integer

The bit number, starting at zero

VALUE

integer

The equivalent base-10 value of BIT

NAME

string

The mnemonic name of the data quality condition

DESCRIPTION

string

A description of the data quality condition

NOTE: For more information on standard bit definitions see: Data Quality Flags.