We present a data simulation package designed to create a series of simulated data samples for a detector with non-destructive sampling capability. The original intent of this software was to provide a method for generating simulated images for the Next Generation Space Telescope, but it is general enough to apply to almost any non-destructive detector or instrument. MultiDataSim can be used to generate "practice" sampling strategies for an instrument or field-of-view, and thus can be used to identify optimal observation strategies.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0005403,
title = {Multi-Read Out Data Simulator},
author = {J. D. Offenberg and R. J. Hanisch and D. J. Fixsen and H. S. Stockman and M. A. Nieto-Santisteban and R. Sengupta and J. C. Mather},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0005403},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Short paper plus source code for the MultiDataSim software