Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Baseline Performance Plan and Metrics

Baseline Performance Documents

SDSS-II
Schedule for the Three-Year Baseline Plan

SDSS
Five-year Baseline Plan for SDSS Operations
Schedule for the Five-Year Baseline Plan

Performance Metrics for the Northern Survey (Legacy)

Baseline Performance Metrics for Imaging
Baseline Performance Metrics for Spectroscopy
Cumulative Progress (tabulated)
Cumulative Imaging: Actual Area Imaged vs. Baseline Plan (graph)
Cumulative Spectroscopy: Actual Number of Plates Observed vs. Baseline Plan (graph)

Performance Metrics for the SEGUE Survey

Baseline Performance Metrics
Cumulative Progress by Quarter (tabulated)
Cumulative Progress by Month (tabulated)
Cumulative Imaging: Actual Area Imaged vs. Baseline Plan (graph)
Cumulative Spectroscopy: Actual Number of Plates Observed vs. Baseline Plan (graph)

Performance Metrics for the Southern Survey

Baseline Performance Metrics for Imaging
Cumulative Imaging Progress (tabulated)
Cumulative Imaging: Actual Area Imaged vs. Baseline Plan (graph)
Baseline Performance Metrics for Spectroscopy
Cumulative Spectroscopy Progress (tabulated)
Cumulative Spectroscopy: Actual Number of Plates Observed vs. Baseline Plan (graph)

Performance Metrics for the Survey of the Southern Equatorial Stripe

Baseline Performance Metrics
Cumulative Progress (tabulated)
Cumulative Imaging: Actual Area Imaged vs. Baseline Plan (graph)
Cumulative Spectroscopy: Actual Number of Plates Observed vs. Baseline Plan (graph)