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APEX Single Frame Input Parameters
Parameter names in the command line version Parameter names in the GUI version
Switch on/off (1/0) module Module name in GUI
compute_uncertainties_internally S/N estimator
have_uncertainties N/A (assumed to be 1 if uncertainty image is given in Sigma File Name)
run_detect_medfilter Detect Med Filter
run_gaussnoise Gauss Noise
run_pointsourceprob Point Source Probability
run_bright_detect Bright Detect
run_detect Detect
run_select_detect Select Detect
run_extract_medfilter Extract Med Filter
run_fit_radius Fit Radius
run_sourcestimate Source Estimate
run_aperture Aperture Photometry
run_select Select
Initial Setup
INPUT_FILE_NAME Input File Name
SIGMA_FILE_NAME Sigma File Name
COVERAGE_MAP Coverage Map
OUTPUT_DIR Output Directory
PMASK_FILE_NAME N/A (see Table Footnote)
PMask_Fatal_BitPattern N/A
RMASK_FILE_NAME N/A
RMask_Fatal_BitPattern N/A
verbose N/A**
Apex single frame settings
PRF_file_name PRF File Name
PRFMAP_FILE_NAME PRF Map File Name
DCE_STATUS_MASK DCE Status Mask
DCE_Status_Mask_Fatal_BitPattern Fatal Mask Bit Pattern
use_psp_to_detect Use PSP to detect
PROBABILITY_THRESHOLD Probability Threshold
use_background_subtracted_image_for_fitting Use Background Subtracted Image for Fitting
use_data_unc_for_fitted_SNR Use Data Uncertainties for PRF-fitted SNR
use_background_subtracted_image_for_aperture Use Background Subtracted Image for Aperture
use_extract_table_for_aperture Use Extract Table for Aperture
use_refined_pointing Use Refined Pointing
use_bright_object_mask Use Bright Object Mask
delete_intermediate_files Delete Intermediate Files
SNESTIMATORIN S/N estimator
Gain Gain in e-/image unit
Read_Noise Read Noise in e-
Confusion_Sigma Confusion Sigma in e-
SIGMA_DIR*** S/N estimator output subdirectory
DETECT_MEDFILTER Detect Med Filter
Window_X Window X
Window_Y Window Y
N_Outliers_Per_Window Outliers / Window
Min_Good_Pixels_In_Window Min Good Pixels Per Window
Min_GoodNeighbors_Number Min Good Neighbors Number
Sbkg_Filt_Size_for_Med SExtractor background filter size
Use_Sbkg_for_Med Use SExtractor background estimation
MEDFILTER_DIR*** Med Filter output subdirectory
Max_Bad_Pixels_OutputImage N/A**
GAUSSNOISE Gauss Noise
Window_X Window X
Window_Y Window Y
N_Outliers_Per_Window Number of Outliers per Window
Min_Good_Pixels_In_Window Min Good Pixels Per Window
Min_GoodNeighbors_Number Min Good Neighbors Number
Max_BadPixels_OutputImage N/A**
POINTSOURCEPROB Point Source Probability
PRF_ResampleX_Factor PRF Resample X Factor
PRF_ResampleY_Factor PRF Resample Y Factor
PRF_Xsize PRF X size
PRF_Ysize PRF y size
Apriori_Probability Apriori Probability
Noise_Type N/A**
EXTRACT_MEDFILTER Extract Med Filter
Window_X Window X
Window_Y Window Y
N_Outliers_Per_Window Outliers / Window
Min_Good_Pixels_In_Window Min Good Pixels Per Window
Min_GoodNeighbors_Number Min Good Neighbors Number
Sbkg_Filt_Size_for_Med SExtractor background filter size
Use_Sbkg_for_Med Use SExtractor background estimation
Max_BadPixels_OutputImage N/A**
FIT_RADIUS Fit Radius
SOURCESTIMATE Source Estimate
InputType Input Type
Fitting_Area_X Fitting Area X
Fitting_Area_Y Fitting Area Y
Max_Number_PS Max Number ps
Chi_Threshold Chi Threshold
N_Edge N Edge
Max_N_Iteration Max N Iteration
Max_N_Success_Iteration Max N Success Iteration
MinimizeFtol Minimize Ftol
MinimizeFtolSuccess Minimize Ftol Success
DitherPixelFraction Dither Pixel Fraction
DitherFluxFraction Dither Flux Fraction
DeblendDitherPixelFraction DeblendDitherPixelFraction
Background_Fit Background_Fit
Random_Fit Random_Fit
Chi2_Improvement Chi2_Improvement
PRF_ResampleX_Factor PRF ResampleX Factor
PRF_ResampleY_Factor PRF ResampleY Factor
Normalization_Radius Normalization Radius
MaxShift_X Max Shift X
MaxShift_Y Max Shift Y
Angular_Distance Angular Distance
Use_Photerr_for_SNR Use Photerr for SNR
Gain_for_SNR Gain of SNR (e-/data)
APERTURE Aperture Photometry
N_Apertures Number of Apertures
Aperture_Radius_1 Aperture Radius 1
Aperture_Radius_2 Aperture Radius 2
Aperture_Radius_3 Aperture Radius 3
Aperture_Radius_4 Aperture Radius 4
Aperture_Radius_5 Aperture Radius 5
Min_Number_Pixels Min Number Pixels
Annulus_Compute_Type Annulus Compute Type
Inner_Radius Inner Radius
Outer_Radius Outer Radius
X_Column_Name X Column Name
Y_Column_Name Y Column Name
High_Precision High Precision
Use_Annulus Use Annulus
SELECT Select
select_columns = "srcid, detid, etc" Columns selection
select_conditions = "SNR>6.0 and dblend ! NO etc" Condition Builder
Note -- (1) All bold-faced names are the modules or the names of parameter blocks in the GUI flow.
Note -- (2) N/A means that these parameters are available on the command line, but cannot be set from within the GUI. They are not usually set in this pipeline, or are not standard products (e.g. PMASK_FILE_NAME would usually have been set and used in the Mosaic flow, rather than APEX Single Frame, and so would usually not be necessary here. In addition, to input a valid PMASK at this point, the user would have had to have created one that is valid for the mosaic rather than for the BCDs).
Note -- (3) N/A** means that the parameter is set implicitly in the GUI flow.
*** -- set this parameter near the top of the namelist, not in the parameter block for the module.