Roman ETC Interface Help

The article below provides explanations and resources for the Roman WFI Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) web interface. 





ETC Web Interface Help Table 

Under Construction

The contents below for Roman are under construction and will likely change as the WFI ETC is developed. 

This page provides additional help to the users of the ETC Web Interface.


The Figure Showing a Blank ETC Workbook below shows an example workbook on the ETC Web Interface. Blue question mark icons indicate where users can click to get additional information on the various fields of the ETC Web Interface. These icons are linked to the Table for the Roman WFI ETC Web Interface Help below, which provides a short explanation of the highlighted features as well as links to other resources. 

Figure Showing a Blank ETC Workbook 

The blue question mark icon is visible throughout the Calculations and the Scenes and Sources tabs of a blank ETC Web Interface Workbook. 




Table for Roman WFI ETC Web Interface Help

Where did you come from in ETC Interface?Short ExplanationLinks to additional Resources

User Access Permissions

Sharing workbooks with collaborators (only available if logged in). 

JWST ETC Sharing Workbooks

Roman WFI Exposure Time Calculator

Available Workbooks

Available workbooks in your account.

JWST Exposure Time Calculator Overview

Roman WFI Exposure Time Calculator

Backgrounds

Available background models.

Model is inaccurate <1.2μm

JWST ETC Backgrounds

Calculations

Creating a new calculation.JWST ETC Creating a New Calculation

Images

Generated images.JWST ETC Images and Plots

Shape/ Angular units

Observing strategy.JWST ETC Imaging Aperture Photometry Strategy

Wavelength of interest

Wavelength of interest for spectroscopy mode.JWST ETC Wavelength of Interest

Strategy

Imaging aperture photometry strategy.JWST ETC Imaging Aperture Photometry Strategy

Strategy

Aperture spectral extraction strategy.JWST ETC Aperture Spectral Extraction Strategy

Plots

Plots.JWST ETC Images and Plots

Reports

ETC reports.JWST ETC Reports

Select source SED

Defining a scenes and sources.JWST ETC Defining a New Source

Uploaded spectrum (for a scene)

User supplied spectra.JWST ETC User Supplied Spectra

Uploaded spectrum (for a source)

User supplied spectra.JWST ETC User Supplied Spectra

Source Editor

Defining a new source.JWST ETC Defining a New Source

Select a Scene

Defining a new scene.JWST ETC Defining a New Scene

Select a Source

Selecting sources within a scene.JWST ETC Defining a New Source

Upload Spectra

User supplied spectra.JWST ETC User Supplied Spectra




For additional questions not answered in this article, please contact the Roman Help Desk at STScI.




Latest Update

 

Added the figure and context for how to use the table. 
Publication

 

Initial publication of the article.