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Table 4

Definition of CALIFA DR3 quality control flags for the V1200 data.

QC flag QC parameters involved warning condition(s) bad condition(s) Flag definition

flag_obs_am obs_airmass_mean > 1.5 ... Worst of the three parameters
[89.3%,10.7%,0.0%,0.0%] obs_airmass_max > 2.0 ...
obs_airmass_rms > 0.15 ...

flag_obs_skymag obs_skymag_mean < 21.5 magV arcsec-2 ... Worst of the two parameters
[87.6%,12.4%,0.0%,0.0%] obs_skymag_rms > 0.1 ...

flag_obs_ext obs_ext_mean >0.30 mag ... Worst of the three parameters
[61.4%,1.9%,0.0%,36.8%] obs_ext_max > 0.35 ...
obs_ext_rms > 0.10 ...

flag_red_straylight red_meanstraylight_max >15 counts > 30 Worst of the three parameters
[76.9%,13.4%,5.6%,4.1%] red_maxstraylight_max > 20 > 50
red_rmsstraylight_max > 1.5 > 3.0

flag_red_disp red_disp_mean >2.3 Å (FWHM) > 2.5 Worst of the three parameters
[78.1%,19.2%,0.0%,2.7%] red_disp_max > 3.0 ...
red_disp_rms > 0.2 ...

flag_red_cdisp red_cdisp_mean >3.0 pixels (FWHM) ...
[68.0%,29.3%,0.0%,2.7%]

flag_red_skylines red_res4358_min <−0.1 counts ... Worst of the three parameters
[62.6%,33.3%,0.0%,4.1%] red_res4358_max > 0.1 ...
red_rmsres4358_max > 0.7 ...

flag_red_limsb red_limsb < 22.5 magAB arcsec-2 < 22.0
[93.8%,4.3%,1.9%,0.0%]

flag_red_errspec red_frac_bigerr > 0.4 > 0.6
[99.8%,0.2%,0.0%,0.0%]

flag_cal_wl cal_rmsvelmean > 1.0 km s-1 > 2.0
[98.1%,1.7%,0.0%,0.2%]

flag_cal_imgqual Visual checks on
[88.8%,9.7%,0.0%,1.4%] synthetic broad-band image

flag_cal_specqual Visual checks on 30′′-aperture
[91.9%,7.6%,0.0%,0.4%] integrated spectrum

flag_cal_flatsdss Visual checks on SDSSflat map,
[55.6%,36.0%,0.0%,8.5%] and effective SDSSflat response
from 30′′-aperture integrated
spectrum
–1 if SDSSflat not applied

flag_cal_registration Visual checks on synthetic
[33.1%,35.5%,0.2%,31.2%] broad-band image, SDSS footprint,
and χ2 surface plots
–1 if registration relative
to SDSS not applied

Notes. Numbers in square brackes provide the percentage of released cubes with OK, warning, bad, and undefined value, respectively.

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