The SWS Handbook is one in a series of five1.1 documents that explain the operations of the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) and its four instruments, the data received from the instruments and the processing carried out on the data. Volume I gives an overview of the entire ISO mission and it explains the operations of the ISO satellite while the remaining four explain the individual instruments (CAM, LWS, PHT and SWS). The SWS document describes data processed with version 10 of the Off-Line Processing (OLP) system, available from the ISO Data Archive (IDA) at:
The Explanatory Documentation provides information relevant to the ISO data user, concerning the satellite, the instruments and the observational and technical data products. It is a comprehensive description of systems and parameters relevant to ISO data products, how these products were derived, and what are the known limitations. This information will enable the SWS data users to do further data analysis beyond the scope of the automatic Off Line Processing (OLP).