D-TECT: SolPol measurements

National Observatory of Athens, ReACT & University of Hertfordshire - SolPol Solar Polarimeter PIs: Dr. Vassilis Amiridis (vamoir@noa.gr), Prof. William Martin (w.e.martin@herts.ac.uk) co-PI: Vasiliki Daskalopoulou (vdaskalop@noa.gr), Alexandra Tsekeri (atsekeri@noa.gr) Database distribution under CC-BY-SA (CC) rights GitHub:  @NOA-ReACT/SolPol Each data folder includes the following for the individual locations of operation: - Data_Antikythera: folder containing all the raw .txt data acquired by SolPol when installed in the PANhellenic Geophysical Observatory of Antikythera - PANGEA, Greece measurement period: September 2018 to March 2022 location: lat = 35.86099, long = 23.30982,alt = 193 \txt: data acquired with default instrument aperture size (@5.5mm) labeled as pol_DDMMYYYY_HHMM(in UTC)_antik_duration.txt \txt_iris: data acquired with different aperture sizes (@4.5mm, 5.5mm and 7mm) labeled as polirisXX_DDMMYYYY_HHMM(in UTC)_antik_duration \txt_dark: closed aperture dark measurements labeled as poldark_DDMMYYYY_HHMM(in UTC)_antik_duration, either with instrument tracker not tracking (NT index) or standard tracking (T index) - Data_Athens: folder containing all the raw .txt data acquired by SolPol when installed in the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Athens, Greece measurement period: 18/04/2020 to 14/05/2020 location: lat = 37.966295, long = 23.710624,alt = 60 \txt: data acquired with default instrument aperture size (@5.5mm) labeled as pol_DDMMYYYY_HHMM(in UTC)_ath_duration.txt - Data_Cyprus: folder containing all the raw .txt data acquired by SolPol for the duration of the preliminary ASKOS 2019 campaign, in the Cyprus Institute - Nicosia, Cyprus (lat = 35.14063, long = 33.38135,alt = 181) \txt: data acquired with default instrument aperture size (@5.5mm) labeled as pol_DDMMYYYY_HHMM(in UTC)_cyp1_duration.txt - Data_Mindelo: folder containing all the raw .txt data acquired by SolPol for the duration of the ASKOS 2022 campaign, in the Ocean Science Centre Mindelo (OSCM) - Mindelo, Cape Verde (lat = 16.87775, long = -24.994889,alt = 20) \txt: data acquired with default instrument aperture size (@5.5mm) labeled as poliris55_DDMMYYYY_HHMM(in UTC)_mndl_duration.txt \txt_dark: closed aperture dark measurements labeled as poldark_DDMMYYYY_HHMM(in UTC)_mndl_duration ## Text file Header The raw data header is: SOLAR POLARIMETER 1. Polarimeter Position [deg]: Instrument rotational position at 0 and 45 degrees from reference 2. Rotator Position [deg]: Polarizer position in sets of [0, 40, 130, 220, 310] in degrees 3. PEM Setting [nm]: Photoelastic Modulator Head operating wavelength, default 550nm 4. Retardation [waves]: PEM induced retardation 5. Wavelength Filter (Wavelength-Bandwidth): Filter wheel filter selection, default 550nm 6. ND-Filter: Neutral density 0.3 filter (pre-defined) 7. Time (UTC): Measurement starting time in HH:MM:SS (UTC) 8. Bias Voltage on Diode Should be zero if instrument working properly, forward bias 9. LabJack, mean DC (AIN0): DC output voltage from the DAQ in Volts 10. LabJack, other: State zero if instrument works properly 11. Lock-in, 1w: RMS Voltage output from channel 1 of the Lock-in amplifier, signal phase on resonant frequency (ω) in degrees 12. Lock-in, 2w: RMS Voltage output from channel 2 of the Lock-in amplifier, signal phase on twice the resonant frequency (2ω) in degrees ## Data validity ! Data file to be valid needs to contain 5 sets of measurements [1-12 above] for each Rotator Position [deg] per Polarimeter Position [deg].
! Every valid file stops at a Polarimeter Position [deg] == 45 degs & Rotator Position [deg] == 310.