Data Reduction

The extensive TRACE branch of the SolarSoftWare (SSW; Freeland & Handy 1998) tree of IDL provides a comprehensive suite of data reduction and analysis tools. Data are provided from several data centres worldwide and commonly downloaded as hour-long multi-fits (.mxf) files. The structure format of TRACE data is vital as the shear size of these files can be overwhelming. The structure format provides a means of perusing the data without loading the image files, and extracting the relevant data by keyword (e.g., only certain passbands or specific times).