************************** Radar Input File Name: 17001radar_03.rdf Site Input File Name: 17001site_02.rdf GCP Input File Name: 17001gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 07091901.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 19/09/07 Comments: Rosamond Calibration Array Antenna Transmit Cal Pulse Enabled Antenna Receive Cal Pulse Enabled Sniffer Pulse Enabled Calibration Pulse Interval: 255 pulses BFPQ compression: 12, Block Size 128 Targeted steering angles relative to planned track angle: First: 5. Second: 0. Third: 0. Fourth: 0. Radar set up for POLSAR Method: Center Expected Wind Speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 40. 10. Planned Ground Speed (m/s and Direction (deg) : 192. 170. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 373.218048 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 229.994949 173.410141 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): -3.41014099 Squint at near range is 3.42404842km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Rosamond17001 ************************** Aircraft height planned 7620. m 24999.9238 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 8526.23633 Pad of : 0 of DW is added to DW DW Increment : 10 DW Increment corresponds to : 900. m The Range Swath is : 5.99584913 km Estimated Data Window Duration: 60 microseconds This includes 24 microseconds for the pulse length Maximum Data Window Duration: 60 microseconds Minimum Data Window Duration: 50 microseconds Flight plan length in km (not including shortbit) 54.8480988 including the azimuth reference function length of 8. km and a pad on each side for a maximum squint of 3.42404842 km This flight line will take 6.19999981 minutes to fly Data only: 4.80000019 minutes to fly (excluding PRE-STA and STO-POS) Latitude range: 20. to 66.5 Season: 2 (0-all, 1-winter, 2-summer) Temperature at altitude 7620. m expected to be -27.1208 Center of image Swath: 34.8086014 -118.056 Nominal Length of line (km): 54.8480988 Flight heading 170. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 34.7968178 -118.136818 Altitude (m, ft): 7620. 24999.9238 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 6429.77002 m Horizontal distance to near range: 3231.36768 m Minimum near range distance: 7551.03076 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 24 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 29. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 42.8948097 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 50.3750572 Number of Minor PRFs per PRF: 2 desired PRF major 960.242859 desired PRI major 1041.4032 allowed PRI major 1040. Initial Estimate of Minor PRF(hz): 1920.48572 Initial Estimate of Minor PRI (microsec): 520.701599 Major PRI must be an integer multiple of 4 Nominal aircraft speed of 192. Major Delta PRI of 2 Implies Minor PRF of 1923.0769 hz and a PRI of 520. microsecond Major PRI is 1040. Updated Ground_Spacing (ft): 0.655116081 FIXED PRF FOR ENTIRE FLIGHTLINE Maximum Major PRI: 1040 Minimum Major PRI: 1040 ground spacing is less than half the azimuth antenna length Azimuth Antenna Length is 0.5 m ground spacing is 0.199679986 m Nominal Pulse Lenth is being used: 24 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: 0.0461538471 Pulse Length (microsec): 24 Duty Cycle: 0.0461538471 Maximum Duty Cycle : 0.0500000007 Science Data Rate: Sampling Rate Mhz 180. Data Window Length (microseconds) 60 Number of Samples per Pulse: 10800. Number of Blocks in Pulse: 84 Number of header bytes per pulse: 700 Number of bits per sample: 12 Number of bits per block: 1536 Number of bytes per block: 192 Number of bytes per pulse: 16912 Data Rate per receiver channel (B/s, MB/s): 32523076. 31.0164223 Maximum data rate per receiver channel is: 35. Total Data Rate (B/s, MB/s): 65046152. 62.0328445 Maximum Data Rate to JBOD (MB/s): 120. Estimated Total Science Data Volume for this run (bytes,Gbytes): 1.87332915E+10 17.4467373 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 717.423462 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: 0.170433506 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 656.915894 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 828.072693 Expected Target Terrain Height: 660. Initial Look Angle (deg) 25. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.0848618 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -27.6641693 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.169878 near range, end of image: 34.5583954 -118.049919 far range, end of image: 34.5717621 -117.958267 near swath, beginning of image: 35.0453949 -118.154297 far swath, beginning of image: 35.0587616 -118.062111 Power Transmitted: 1.35000002 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -87.0029907 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -16.9410877 HV Received Power: -97.2759247 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.2140236 VV Received Power: -87.5107498 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.4488449 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 9.5 10.1362543 Reference Pulse Width, actual 50. 24 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 22.5 47.5077095 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -10. -16. -16.9410877 Avg terrain slope (deg) 0.170433506 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HH): 2. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HV): -4. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (VV): 2. ----- PRE and STA waypoints estimated DWP: 76 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 76 microsec, Data Window Duration: 60 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 8526.23633 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 25.3367252 Far Range Look Angle: 59.8670311 Optimum Steering Angle: 47.6781425 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 781.027344 PRE Longitude : -118.204277 Latitude: 35.1114044 PRE loxodromic heading 169.995529 STA Longitude : -118.189018 Latitude: 35.0403023 STA loxodromic heading 169.996704 Distance from PRE: 8. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 76 microsec, Data Window Duration: 60 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 8526.23633 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 25.2917233 Far Range Look Angle: 59.8164597 Optimum Steering Angle: 47.6781425 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 788.342041 STO Longitude : -118.084946 Latitude: 34.5519257 STO loxodromic heading 170.009384 Distance from PRE: 63. km POS Longitude : -118.069801 Latitude: 34.4808159 Distance from PRE: 71. km POS loxodromic heading 169.999954 *****************************