************************** Radar Input File Name: 32006radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 32006site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 32006gcp_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. 320.442993 Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 220.825638 310.054504 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 10.3884888 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 6.97423697km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Icelnd_32006 ************************** Aircraft height planned 12496.7998 m 40999.875 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 22128.8418 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) 80.7484741 including the azimuth reference function length of 8. km and a pad on each side for a maximum squint of 6.97423697 km This flight line will take 9.19999981 minutes to fly Data only: 6.0999999 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: 15240.1777 r_latrun, r_lonrun, r_peg_head 64.9322281 -18.5677261 320.442993 shiftdistance: 0. Center of image Swath: 64.9322281 -18.5677261 Nominal Length of line (km): 80.7484741 Flight heading 320.442993 Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 65.0191269 -18.3183174 Altitude (m, ft): 12496.7998 40999.875 Shift along track (km): 0. Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 12221.1318 m Horizontal distance to near range: 4133.81885 m Minimum near range distance: 11725.2598 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 81.5306168 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 78.2225189 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): 1.47407831E+10 13.7284241 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 768.263 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: 1.05218101 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 550.786011 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 1121.50403 Expected Target Terrain Height: 1024. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.2794151 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -28.0221634 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.146389 near range, end of image: 65.2735748 -18.9343758 far range, end of image: 65.1471176 -19.2990837 near swath, beginning of image: 64.7151337 -17.8505898 far swath, beginning of image: 64.5886688 -18.2077847 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -80.1227646 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -16.5774956 HV Received Power: -91.0974426 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.5521755 VV Received Power: -80.4972839 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -16.952013 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 19.0046711 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 52.0503082 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -16.5774956 Avg terrain slope (deg) 1.05218101 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: 106 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 106 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22128.8418 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 19.9151363 Far Range Look Angle: 66.5168839 Optimum Steering Angle: 53.1024895 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 1121.50403 Near range distance: 15888.999 Nadir distance: 10620.3193 find STA: 65.0191269 -18.3183174 ,shift: 40.3742371 PRE Longitude : -17.5152073 Latitude: 64.5993881 PRE loxodromic heading -39.0766563 STA Longitude : -17.7784653 Latitude: 64.7389069 STA loxodromic heading -39.5828438 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 108 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22128.8418 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 19.227438 Far Range Look Angle: 65.7101746 Optimum Steering Angle: 53.1024895 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 569.588684 STO Longitude : -18.8639927 Latitude: 65.2992935 STO loxodromic heading -39.5873222 Distance from PRE: 100.900002 km POS Longitude : -18.8913193 Latitude: 65.313118 Distance from PRE: 102.900002 km POS loxodromic heading -39.324646 *****************************