2.1 report to VISTA, UKIDSS, JAC, ATC, GSC Q1 - set up work package spreadsheets Q1 - instigated regular meetings Q2 - provide monthly reports on progress 2.2 interface control document between CASU and JAC Q1 - provisional ICD with JAC agreed Q2 - finalise ICD with JAC after summit hardware review 2.3 interface control document between CASU and WFAU Q1 - provisional ICD with WFAU agreed Q2 - complete file transfer specification and finalise ICD 2.4 define data structures and FITS headers Q1 - discussion with ATC and JAC has lead to version 0.6 of FITS header document Q2 - produce final agreed FITS header specification document Q1 - sample MEFs created with 0.5 version headers and CIRSI data Q2 - create example MEFs with agreed FITS headers and dummy WFCAM size data 2.5 define observing protocols Q2 - formalise agreement on allowed observing protocols 2.6 liaise with UKIDSS & JAC on observing strategy Q1 - investigated other survey observing strategies Q2 - in consultation with UKIDSS, JAC, ATC produce draft observing plan DWE 2.7 liaise with UKIDSS & JAC on survey planning Q1 - produced overviews (different projections) of UKIDSS surveys Q2 - help update UKIDSS diagrams and produce equivalent for 2 year plan DWE 2.8 liaise with UKIDSS and JAC on survey progress DB Q2 - work with JAC to resolve connectivity issues Q2 - create mirror copy of progress DB in Sybase 3.2 high level scripts to interrogate headers Q1 - script to interrogate FITS headers of processed INT WFC data written Q1 - results propagated to ascii and web-based html files. Q2 - convert to work with expected WFCAM/VISTA data and modify output to reflect likely extra information 3.6 group documentation on pipeline infrastructure Q1 - programming notes finished for all modules Q2 - stress test documentation and update as necessary Q2 - write general infrastructure document (programmers manual) 5.1 investigate hardware alternatives Q1 - monitored hardware availability, RAID disk limits Q2 - write report on suggested hardware configuration for pipeline 7.1 interface test pipelines in ORAC-DR Q1 - ORAC-DR routines for subset of UFTI recipes delivered to JAC Q2 - deliver updated set of routines and recipes to CVS at JAC Q2 - fix inconsistencies in current ORAC-DR recipes as per recommendations 7.3 documentation for ORAC-DR interface Q1 - modules for UFTI recipes are all documented Q2 - deliver updated documentation as development proceeds 8.1 further development of standard pipeline Q1 - ongoing meetings with detailed discussion of 2d processing steps Q1 - further testing done on existing WFC and CIRSI data. Q1 - module versions added to headers Q1 - provenance now written to header of combined/stacked frames Q2 - test alternative processing strategies, tabulate output changes Q2 - implement new version of imcore to include full parameter set. Q2 - convert exisisting prototype modules for crosstalk correction Q2 - devise persistence correction strategies 8.2 liaison with WFCAM development team Q1 - ongoing discussion on reset anomaly, crosstalk and linearity Q2 - assess engineering test data for above problems and report 8.3 partake in planning comissioning observations Q2 - liaise with ATC/JAC and draw up draft plan emphasising calibration requirements 8.6 documentation for 2D processing software Q1 - user manuals written for development pipelines Q2 - stress test documentation and update as needed 8.7 comparison between automated and manual data products Q1 - produced requirement to test the quality of the 2D pipeline products against a manual reduction of the same data Q2 - in collaboration with SJW trial UFTI/CIRPASS data through pipeline, compare with manually reduced data, write report 9.1 add in new measures requested Q2 - produce first version of catalogue software with extra measures 9.3 generate model simulations of expected data Q2 - generate noisy (WFCAM/VISTA characteristics) images of simple objects (stars, ellipses) at the correct resolutions Q2 - produce more detailed simulated UKIRT observations of high and low latitude fields 9.4 assess catalogue parameter reliability Q2 - run prototype pipeline on simulations and compare derived parameters DWE with model data, write report 9.5 intercomparison of catalogue products with other packages Q2 - agree detailed trials using INT WFC data and report on catalogue extraction and classification software comparisons 9.7 documentation of catalogue software and products Q2 - produce draft document of above Q2 - stress test documentation and amend as necessary 11.1 agree on primary standards Q1 - researched primary standards Q2 - investigate requirements for VISTA+WFCAM and possible shortcomings eg. colour range Q2 - in consultation produce draft list suitable for WFCAM and VISTA 11.2 choose secondary standard fields Q2 - find out which UKIDSS survey modes require these and in consultation with JAC+ATC propose secondary standard fields list 12.3 implement 2mass for throughput measurement Q2 - produce prototype 2mass NIR data calibrator test on CIRSI data 12.4 master calibration frames for detector monitoring Q1 - developed basic bad pixel mask generating methods Q2 - assess and report if current methods work on engineering WFCAM data 13.1 test methods for master catalogue generation Q1 - devised and produced method based on deep stacking Q2 - extend to include different wavebands, document 13.2 develop basic WCS-based list driven photometer Q1 - used 13.1 Q1 to develop x-y based algorithm Q2 - extend above to WCS-based driven and deliver prototype to WFAU for evaluation 14.1 develop benchmark simple stacking/mosaicing framework Q1 - first version completed Q2 - improve to account for new WCS framework 14.2 NN algorithm with simple rejection Q1 - version 1 done and delivered to WFAU Q2 - produce version 2 with new WCS and deliver to WFAU 15.2 investigate and apply different interpolation methods Q2 - write WCS-based difference imaging driver software Q2 - write software using 16.1 to compare effect on difference imaging produce preliminary report 16.1 investigate alternative interpolation/PSF schemes Q1 - reviewing alternative strategies Q2 - finish review and write short report on alternatives 16.3 implications for deriving catalogues and parameters Q2 - assess and write report on errors in catalogue parameters arising from using different interpolation schemes 16.4 oversampled PSF generation per detector Q1 - assessed alternative published strategies Q2 - write first pass PSF generator using optical test data