4.3 References

M. Marinelli and L. Dressel, 2024, Wide Field Camera 3 Instrument Handbook, Version 16.0 (Baltimore: STScI).

J. S. Kalirai et al., 2010, WFC3 Pixel Area Maps, WFC3 ISR 2010-08.

V. Kozhurina-Platais, et al., 2009, WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11445 - IR Geometric Distortion Calibration, WFC3 ISR 2009-34.

V. Kozhurina-Platais, et al., 2009, WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11444 - UVIS Geometric Distortion Calibration, WFC3 ISR 2009-33.

V. Kozhurina-Platais, M. Dulude, T. Dahlen, C. Cox, 2012, WFC3/UVIS and IR Multi-Wavelength Geometric Distortion, WFC3 ISR 2012-07.

V. Kozhurina-Platais, D. Hammer, N. Dencheva, & W. Hack, 2013, Astrometric Correction for WFC3/UVIS Lithographic-Mask Pattern, WFC3 ISR 2013-14.

V. Kozhurina-Platais, 2014, Astrometric Correction for WFC3/UVIS Filter-Dependent Component of Distortion, WFC3 ISR 2014-12.

S. L. Hoffmann et al. 2021, The DrizzlePac Handbook.

J. Mack et al., 2022, Improved Absolute Astrometry for ACS and WFC3 Data Products, WFC3 ISR 2022-06.

C. Martlin et al., 2018, Updates to the WFC3/UVIS Filter-Dependent and Geometric Distortions, WFC3 ISR 2018-10.

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WFC3 Data Handbook
- • Acknowledgments
- • What's New in This Revision
- Preface
  - • Handbook Structure
  - • Typographic Conventions
- Chapter 1: WFC3 Instruments
  - • 1.1 Instrument Overview
  - • 1.2 The UVIS Channel
  - • 1.3 The IR Channel
- Chapter 2: WFC3 Data Structure
  - • 2.1 Types of WFC3 Files
  - • 2.2 WFC3 File Structure
  - • 2.3 Data Storage Requirements
  - • 2.4 Headers and Keywords
- Chapter 3: WFC3 Data Calibration
  - • 3.1 The calwf3 Data Processing Pipeline
  - • 3.2 UVIS Data Calibration Steps
  - • 3.3 IR Data Calibration Steps
  - • 3.4 Pipeline Tasks
  - • 3.5 Manual Recalibration of WFC3 Data
- Chapter 4: WFC3 Images: Distortion Correction and AstroDrizzle
- Chapter 5: WFC3 UVIS Sources of Error
  - • 5.1 Gain and Read Noise
  - • 5.2 Bias Subtraction
  - • 5.3 Dark Current and Hot Pixels
  - • 5.4 UVIS Flat Fields
  - • 5.5 Image Anomalies
  - • 5.6 Generic Detector and Camera Properties
  - • 5.7 UVIS Photometry Errors
  - • 5.8 References
- Chapter 6: WFC3 UVIS Charge Transfer Efficiency - CTE
  - • 6.1 Overview
  - • 6.2 CTE Losses And Background
  - • 6.3 The Nature Of CTE Losses
  - • 6.4 The Pixel-Based Model
  - • 6.5 Empirical Corrections
  - • 6.6 Dealing With CTE Losses in WFC3 UVIS Images
  - • 6.7 Sink Pixels
  - • 6.8 References
- Chapter 7: WFC3 IR Sources of Error
  - • 7.1 WFC3 IR Error Source Overview
  - • 7.2 Gain
  - • 7.3 WFC3 IR Bias Correction
  - • 7.4 WFC3 Dark Current and Banding
  - • 7.5 Blobs
  - • 7.6 Detector Nonlinearity Issues
  - • 7.7 Count Rate Non-Linearity
  - • 7.8 IR Flat Fields
  - • 7.9 Pixel Defects and Bad Imaging Regions
  - • 7.10 Time-Variable Background
  - • 7.11 IR Photometry Errors
  - • 7.12 References
- Chapter 8: Persistence in WFC3 IR
- Chapter 9: WFC3 Data Analysis
  - • 9.1 Photometry
  - • 9.2 Astrometry
  - • 9.3 Spectroscopy
  - • 9.4 STSDAS, STSCI_PYTHON and Astropy
  - • 9.5 Specific Tools for the Analysis of WFC3
  - • 9.6 References
- Chapter 10: WFC3 Spatial Scan Data
  - • 10.1 Analysis of Scanned Data
  - • 10.2 IR Scanned Data
  - • 10.3 UVIS Scanned Data
  - • 10.4 References

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