************************** Radar Input File Name: 17012radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 17012site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 17001gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 00024801.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 48/02/00 Comments: Rosamond Calibration Array, 41kft. 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. 170. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 246.133759 177.650101 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 352.349915 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.1956315km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Rosamd_17012 ************************** Aircraft height planned 12497. m 41000.5312 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 22259.2891 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) 62.3912621 including the azimuth reference function length of 8. km and a pad on each side for a maximum squint of 7.1956315 km This flight line will take 7.80000019 minutes to fly Data only: 4.69999981 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 12497. m expected to be -57.2206306 r_aircraft_across_track: 15437.96 r_latrun, r_lonrun, r_peg_head 34.8086014 -118.056 170. shiftdistance: 0. Center of image Swath: 34.8086014 -118.056 Nominal Length of line (km): 62.3912621 Flight heading 170. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 34.7843208 -118.22213 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 11580.1895 m Horizontal distance to near range: 4278.30615 m Minimum near range distance: 12200.6514 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 77.254715 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 81.3939896 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): 1.1357653E+10 10.5776386 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 728.077087 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: -0.0247962028 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 657.213379 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 852.883057 Expected Target Terrain Height: 660. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.2736855 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -28.0313663 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.1253662 near range, end of image: 34.5141335 -118.116356 far range, end of image: 34.5489769 -117.877571 near swath, beginning of image: 35.0680695 -118.23558 far swath, beginning of image: 35.1029091 -117.995193 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -81.0364532 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.2619667 HV Received Power: -91.4523087 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.6778202 VV Received Power: -81.2628632 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.488369 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 19.2408333 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 53.2308197 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -17.2619667 Avg terrain slope (deg) -0.0247962028 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: 22259.2891 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 20.367382 Far Range Look Angle: 66.5268402 Optimum Steering Angle: 53.2060242 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 823.469177 Near range distance: 16188.792 Nadir distance: 11234.7666 PRE Longitude : -118.319702 Latitude: 35.238884 PRE loxodromic heading 169.992493 STA Longitude : -118.281525 Latitude: 35.0612679 STA loxodromic heading 169.999237 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 106 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22259.2891 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 20.3989792 Far Range Look Angle: 66.5621796 Optimum Steering Angle: 53.2060242 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 852.883057 STO Longitude : -118.163322 Latitude: 34.5063019 STO loxodromic heading 170.003967 Distance from PRE: 82.5 km POS Longitude : -118.159523 Latitude: 34.4884567 Distance from PRE: 84.5 km POS loxodromic heading 170.004868 *****************************