Users who have not previously worked with LWS data should use Chapter 8 as an entry point to this document as this chapter gives information on how to retrieve LWS data from the ISO Data Archive and what the standard data reduction recipes are. New users should refer to the observing modes in Chapter 3 and they may also wish to gain an overview of the LWS product file types given in Chapter 7.
Chapters 2 and 4 give background information on the instrument design and data processing, for those users who want to gain a deeper knowledge of the instrument and the data processing, e.g. while troubleshooting specific problems within their data. The calibration is detailed in Chapter 5 and typical accuracies are given in section 5.1. Chapter 6 contains a description of all known problems that can occur with LWS data and this chapter should be an entry point for experienced users.