Instrument and Site Characteristics

A number of observatories are implemented in PhoSim through the use of the Instrument and Site Characteristics Files (ISC). These are directories located in phosim/data. If you want to put a new observatory into PhoSim you can create a new directory there, and then run PhoSim as usual with the "-i newDirectory" option to point to the ISC files.

The ISC files have a complex tiered format and this format does get modified as PhoSim is improved, so it may be necessary to email us when getting into the details. However, the details of the ISC are designed to be tiered, so that simple important characteristics can be implemented without worrying about the additional details.