************************** Radar Input File Name: 35001radar_03.rdf Site Input File Name: 35001site_02.rdf GCP Input File Name: 35001gcp_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: 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. 10. Planned Ground Speed (m/s and Direction (deg) : 192. 350. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 373.218048 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 155.017181 344.936859 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 5.06314087 Squint at near range is 3.42404842km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Rosamond35001 ************************** Aircraft height planned 7620. m 24999.9238 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 15153.2695 Pad of : 0 of DW is added to DW DW Increment : 10 DW Increment corresponds to : 900. m The Range Swath is : 11.9916983 km Estimated Data Window Duration: 100 microseconds This includes 24 microseconds for the pulse length Maximum Data Window Duration: 100 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: 34.75 -118.066658 Nominal Length of line (km): 54.8480988 Flight heading 350. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 34.7668953 -117.950157 Altitude (m, ft): 7620. 24999.9238 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 6892.02002 m Horizontal distance to near range: 3230.65894 m Minimum near range distance: 7478.02832 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 24 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 29. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 45.978611 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 49.8880348 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) 100 Number of Samples per Pulse: 18000. Number of Blocks in Pulse: 140 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: 18760 Data Rate per receiver channel (B/s, MB/s): 36076924. 34.4056358 Maximum data rate per receiver channel is: 35. Total Data Rate (B/s, MB/s): 72153848. 68.8112717 Maximum Data Rate to JBOD (MB/s): 120. Estimated Total Science Data Volume for this run (bytes,Gbytes): 2.07803085E+10 19.3531704 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 724.697876 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: -0.0458675064 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 657.432983 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 891.544983 Expected Target Terrain Height: 660. Initial Look Angle (deg) 25. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -19.5996265 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -28.6862793 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.7887268 near range, end of image: 35.0053253 -118.037048 far range, end of image: 34.9815979 -118.200584 near swath, beginning of image: 34.5183182 -117.933495 far swath, beginning of image: 34.4945869 -118.096069 Power Transmitted: 1.35000002 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -92.0477982 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -18.3970699 HV Received Power: -101.843422 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -28.1926899 VV Received Power: -91.8292999 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -18.1785698 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 9.5 12.7389698 Reference Pulse Width, actual 50. 24 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 22.5 58.0801353 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -10. -16. -18.3970699 Avg terrain slope (deg) -0.0458675064 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HH): -4. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HV): -8. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (VV): -4. ----- PRE and STA waypoints estimated DWP: 74 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 74 microsec, Data Window Duration: 100 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 15153.2695 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 25.5958328 Far Range Look Angle: 69.8543777 Optimum Steering Angle: 58.0342674 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 891.544983 PRE Longitude : -117.883141 Latitude: 34.4522667 PRE loxodromic heading -10.0037584 STA Longitude : -117.898277 Latitude: 34.5233765 STA loxodromic heading -10.016983 Distance from PRE: 8. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 76 microsec, Data Window Duration: 100 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 15153.2695 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 25.1565609 Far Range Look Angle: 69.484787 Optimum Steering Angle: 58.0342674 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 749.569153 STO Longitude : -118.00293 Latitude: 35.0116653 STO loxodromic heading -10.0013819 Distance from PRE: 63. km POS Longitude : -118.018181 Latitude: 35.0827675 Distance from PRE: 71. km POS loxodromic heading -10.0000601 *****************************