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Glossary of WSA attributes
This Glossary alphabetically lists all attributes used in the UKIDSSR2 database(s) held in the WSA. If you would like to have more information about the schema tables please use the UKIDSSR2 Schema Browser (other Browser versions).

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Name	Schema Table	Database	Description	Type	Length	Unit	Default Value	Unified Content Descriptor
tableExtName	MultiframeDetector	WSA	Extension name of source FITS binary table {catalogue extension keyword:  EXTNAME}	varchar	16		NONE	??
tableFields	MultiframeDetector	WSA	No. of fields per row in source FITS binary table {catalogue extension keyword:  TFIELDS}	smallint	2		-9999	??
tableGcount	MultiframeDetector	WSA	FITS binary table required keyword {catalogue extension keyword:  GCOUNT}	smallint	2		-9999	??
tableID	ProgrammeTable	WSA	the unique table ID	int	4			ID_MAIN
tableID	RequiredListDrivenProduct	WSA	The unique ID of the table with the source list driving the remeasurements	int	4			ID_MAIN
tableID	RequiredNeighbours	WSA	The unique identifier for the programme table	int	4			ID_SURVEY
tableName	ProgrammeTable	WSA	the name of the table	varchar	256			ID_TABLE
tablePcount	MultiframeDetector	WSA	FITS binary table required keyword {catalogue extension keyword:  PCOUNT}	smallint	2		-9999	??
tableRows	MultiframeDetector	WSA	No. of rows in source FITS binary table {catalogue extension keyword:  NAXIS2}	int	4		-99999999	??
tableWidth	MultiframeDetector	WSA	Row size of source FITS binary table {catalogue extension keyword:  NAXIS1}	smallint	2	bytes	-9999	??
tauCSO	Multiframe	WSA	Tau at 225 GHz from CSO {image primary HDU keyword: CSOTAU}	real	4		-0.9999995e9	PHYS_OPTICAL-DEPTH
tauDate	Multiframe	WSA	Time and date of Tau reading {image primary HDU keyword: TAUDATE}	datetime	8	MM-DD-YYYY	12-31-9999	TIME_DATE
tauSource	Multiframe	WSA	Source of opacity data {image primary HDU keyword: TAUSRC}	varchar	64		NONE	DATA_LINK
tel_temp	twomass_scn	2MASS	Telescope girdle temperature at beginning of scan.	real	4	degC		PHYS_TEMP_MISC
telAperture	Survey	SSA	Telescope aperture	float	8	metres		TEL_SIZE
telDec	Multiframe	WSA	Current telescope declination {image primary HDU keyword: TELDEC}	float	8	degrees	-0.9999995e9	POS_EQ_DEC_MAIN
telescope	Multiframe	WSA	Telescope name {image primary HDU keyword: TELESCOP}	varchar	32		NONE
telescope	Survey	SSA	UK, ESO or Palomar Oschin Schmidt	varchar	64			TEL_ID
telFocus	Multiframe	WSA	Telescope focus {image primary HDU keyword: TCS_FOC}	real	4		-0.9999995e9
telHeight	Survey	SSA	Telescope altitude	real	4	metres		OBSTY_ALTITUDE
telLat	Survey	SSA	Telescope latitude	float	8	degress		POS_EARTH_LAT_MAIN
telLong	Survey	SSA	Telescope longitude	float	8	degrees		POS_EARTH_LON_MAIN
telRa	Multiframe	WSA	Current telescope right ascension {image primary HDU keyword: TELRA}	float	8	hours	-0.9999995e9	POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
thetaI	Detection	SSA	Position angle (wrt x-axis) of intensity-weighted fitted ellipse	smallint	2	degrees		POS_POS-ANG
thetaU	Detection	SSA	Position angle (wrt x-axis) of unweighted fitted ellipse	smallint	2	degrees		POS_POS-ANG
threshold	RequiredMosaic, RequiredStack	WSA	CASU source extraction tool option for the isophotal analysis threshold (recommended value=1.5)	real	4	sigma	-0.9999995e9	??
thresholdIsoph	MultiframeDetector	WSA	Isophotal analysis threshold {catalogue extension keyword:  THRESHOL}	real	4	counts	-0.9999995e9	??
tile	twomass_scn	2MASS	Tile identification number.	int	4			ID_NUMBER
tileNum	Multiframe	WSA	Tile number applied to all members {image primary HDU keyword: TILENUM}	int	4		-99999999
timeMeas	Plate	SSA	Measurement time (local), eg. 15:33:47	varchar	8			TIME_MISC
timeStamp	ArchiveCurationHistory	WSA	Time of the completion of the whole task	datetime	8	UTC		TIME_DATE
timeStamp	ProgrammeCurationHistory	WSA	Time of individual programme curation completion	datetime	8	UTC		TIME_DATE
title	Programme	WSA	a short title for the programme, eg. "UKIDSS Large Area Survey"	varchar	32			NOTE
topAirTempNW	Multiframe	WSA	Top air NW {image primary HDU keyword: TOPAIRNW}	real	4	degrees_Celsius	-0.9999995e9	PHYS_TEMP_MISC
topRingTemp	Multiframe	WSA	Top ring temperature {image primary HDU keyword: TR_TEMP}	real	4	degrees_Kelvin	-0.9999995e9
trackAngle	JunkDetection	SSA	Angle of track or diffraction spike	real	4	degrees	-999.995	POS_POS-ANG
transFile	RequiredListDrivenProduct	WSA	CASU list-driven photometry tool option specifying the source of the driving list (e.g. "use=radeclist")	varchar	16			??
trefAmpl	Multiframe	WSA	Trefoil: Amplitude {image primary HDU keyword: TAMP}	real	4		-0.9999995e9
trefPhi	Multiframe	WSA	Trefoil: angle {image primary HDU keyword: TPHI}	real	4		-0.9999995e9
tropl	Plate	SSA	Tropospheric lapse rate	real	4	K/m		MODEL_PARAM
trussTempENE	Multiframe	WSA	Truss leg ENE {image primary HDU keyword: TRUSSENE}	real	4	degrees_Celsius	-0.9999995e9	PHYS_TEMP_MISC
trussTempWSW	Multiframe	WSA	Truss leg WSW {image primary HDU keyword: TRUSSWSW}	real	4	degrees_Celsius	-0.9999995e9	PHYS_TEMP_MISC
tSnr_100	iras_psc	IRAS	ten times the minimum signal-to-noise ratio (100 micron)	smallint	2		INST_S/N
tSnr_12	iras_psc	IRAS	ten times the minimum signal-to-noise ratio (12 micron)	smallint	2		INST_S/N
tSnr_25	iras_psc	IRAS	ten times the minimum signal-to-noise ratio (25 micron)	smallint	2		INST_S/N
tSnr_60	iras_psc	IRAS	ten times the minimum signal-to-noise ratio (60 micron)	smallint	2		INST_S/N
tSysRef	Plate	SSA	Time system of equinox of refstar positions, eg. JULIAN	varchar	12			NOTE
type	iras_asc	IRAS	Source Type/Spectral Class	varchar	5			SPECT_TYPE_GENERAL