************************** Radar Input File Name: 14009radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 14009site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 14009gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 00035301.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 53/03/00 Comments: Hofsjokull Glacier, Iceland Antenna Transmit Cal Pulse Enabled Antenna Receive Cal Pulse Enabled Sniffer Pulse Enabled Calibration Pulse Interval: 255 pulses BFPQ compression: 8, Block Size 128 Targeted steering angles relative to planned track angle: First: 0. Second: 0. Third: 0. Fourth: 0. Radar set up for POLSAR Method: Center Expected Wind Speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 40. 45. Planned Ground Speed (m/s and Direction (deg) : 221. 139.996002 Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 227.992722 150.061722 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 349.934265 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 6.90372181km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Icelnd_14009 ************************** Aircraft height planned 12496.7998 m 40999.875 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 22086.8828 Pad of : 0 of DW is added to DW DW Increment : 10 DW Increment corresponds to : 900. m The Range Swath is : 16.4885864 km Estimated Data Window Duration: 150 microseconds This includes 40 microseconds for the pulse length Maximum Data Window Duration: 150 microseconds Minimum Data Window Duration: 50 microseconds Flight plan length in km (not including shortbit) 81.8124466 including the azimuth reference function length of 8. km and a pad on each side for a maximum squint of 6.90372181 km This flight line will take 9.30000019 minutes to fly Data only: 6.19999981 minutes to fly (excluding PRE-STA and STO-POS) Latitude range: 20. to 66.5 Season: 1 (0-all, 1-winter, 2-summer) Temperature at altitude 12496.7998 m expected to be -57.220871 r_aircraft_across_track: 15176.9785 r_latrun, r_lonrun, r_peg_head 64.7530518 -19.0942764 139.996002 shiftdistance: 0. Center of image Swath: 64.7530518 -19.0942764 Nominal Length of line (km): 81.8124466 Flight heading 139.996002 Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 64.6653214 -19.3377171 Altitude (m, ft): 12496.7998 40999.875 Shift along track (km): 0. Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 11915.6729 m Horizontal distance to near range: 4085.91553 m Minimum near range distance: 12201.0713 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 79.4928131 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 81.3967896 Number of Minor PRFs per PRF: 2 desired PRF major 362.531708 desired PRI major 2758.37939 allowed PRI major 2760. Initial Estimate of Minor PRF(hz): 725.063416 Initial Estimate of Minor PRI (microsec): 1379.1897 Major PRI must be an integer multiple of 4 Nominal aircraft speed of 221. Major Delta PRI of 2 Implies Minor PRF of 724.637695 hz and a PRI of 1380. microsecond Major PRI is 2760. Updated Ground_Spacing (ft): 2.00117493 Maximum Major PRI: 3500 Minimum Major PRI: 1000 ground spacing is less than half the azimuth antenna length Azimuth Antenna Length is 1.5 m ground spacing is 0.60995996 m Nominal Pulse Lenth is being used: 40 Pulse Length Increment (microsec) is 2 Pulse Length Maximum (microsec) is 50 Pulse Length Minimum (microsec) is 4 Receiver Delay: 5. microseconds Final duty rate: 0.0333333351 CTU adds 6. microseconds in calculation of duty cycle Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Duty Cycle: 0.0333333351 Maximum Duty Cycle : 0.0500000007 Science Data Rate: Sampling Rate Mhz 180. Data Window Length (microseconds) 150 Number of Samples per Pulse: 27000. Number of Blocks in Pulse: 210 Number of header bytes per pulse: 700 Number of bits per sample: 8 Number of bits per block: 1024 Number of bytes per block: 128 Number of bytes per pulse: 27790 Data Rate per receiver channel (B/s, MB/s): 20137682. 19.2047901 Maximum data rate per receiver channel is: 35. The PRI_MIN such that data rate does not exceed the allowed data rate: 1514 The PRI_Min such that the ground spacing is less than half the Azimuth Antenna Length 1034 The PRI_Min such that the Maximum Duty Cycle 0.0500000007 is not exceeded is 1600 PRI Min: 1600 Final PRI Min: 1600 Total Data Rate (B/s, MB/s): 40275364. 38.4095802 Maximum Data Rate to JBOD (MB/s): 120. Estimated Total Science Data Volume for this run (bytes,Gbytes): 1.49824358E+10 13.9534807 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 709.323303 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: 1.38905072 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 557.959412 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 1135.16968 Expected Target Terrain Height: 1140. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.9884434 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -27.8693295 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.9992313 near range, end of image: 64.407135 -18.7231369 far range, end of image: 64.5345688 -18.3712368 near swath, beginning of image: 64.9692612 -19.8316498 far swath, beginning of image: 65.0966873 -19.4723606 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -80.5800476 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.0294132 HV Received Power: -91.1541367 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.6035004 VV Received Power: -80.8653412 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.314703 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 19.1085625 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 50.9610519 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -17.0294132 Avg terrain slope (deg) 1.38905072 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HH): 6. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HV): -4. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (VV): 6. ----- PRE and STA waypoints estimated DWP: 108 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 108 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22086.8828 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 19.292902 Far Range Look Angle: 65.9647598 Optimum Steering Angle: 52.3501015 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 608.819214 Near range distance: 16188.792 Nadir distance: 11808.2988 find STA: 64.6653214 -19.3377171 ,shift: 40.9062233 PRE Longitude : -20.1702652 Latitude: 65.0814972 PRE loxodromic heading 139.499924 STA Longitude : -19.8940487 Latitude: 64.9453583 STA loxodromic heading 140.027954 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 108 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22086.8828 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 18.961153 Far Range Look Angle: 65.5636292 Optimum Steering Angle: 52.3501015 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 692.916626 STO Longitude : -18.7871361 Latitude: 64.3852539 STO loxodromic heading 140.025131 Distance from PRE: 101.900002 km POS Longitude : -18.7605076 Latitude: 64.3715134 Distance from PRE: 103.900002 km POS loxodromic heading 139.748383 *****************************