************************** Radar Input File Name: 17009radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 17009site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 17001gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 07092701.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 27/09/07 Comments: 30kft, 12-8bit BFPQ, no caltone, 0 deg Steering. 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. 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 4.17379665km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Rosamond17009 ************************** Aircraft height planned 9144. m 29999.9082 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 8844.48535 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) 56.3475952 including the azimuth reference function length of 8. km and a pad on each side for a maximum squint of 4.17379665 km This flight line will take 7.30000019 minutes to fly Data only: 4.9000001 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 9144. m expected to be -38.9165573 Center of image Swath: 34.8086014 -118.056 Nominal Length of line (km): 56.3475952 Flight heading 170. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 34.7954521 -118.146179 Altitude (m, ft): 9144. 29999.9082 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 7933.27832 m Horizontal distance to near range: 3940.42065 m Minimum near range distance: 9225.0498 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 24 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 29. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 52.9251366 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 61.5429115 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: 8 Number of bits per block: 1024 Number of bytes per block: 128 Number of bytes per pulse: 11536 Data Rate per receiver channel (B/s, MB/s): 22184616. 21.1568985 Maximum data rate per receiver channel is: 35. Total Data Rate (B/s, MB/s): 44369232. 42.313797 Maximum Data Rate to JBOD (MB/s): 120. Estimated Total Science Data Volume for this run (bytes,Gbytes): 1.30445537E+10 12.1486874 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 719.319458 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: 0.143112719 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 656.851685 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 828.218079 Expected Target Terrain Height: 660. Initial Look Angle (deg) 25. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.6567154 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -27.3858089 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.9855881 near range, end of image: 34.5514832 -118.050209 far range, end of image: 34.5653496 -117.955139 near swath, beginning of image: 35.0517998 -118.157463 far swath, beginning of image: 35.0656662 -118.061813 Power Transmitted: 1.35000002 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -88.6711807 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -16.8038578 HV Received Power: -98.899231 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.0319061 VV Received Power: -89.3066635 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.4393368 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 9.14400005 11.8113832 Reference Pulse Width, actual 24. 24 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 22.5 44.9307098 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -16.8038578 Avg terrain slope (deg) 0.143112719 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HH): 0. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HV): -8. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (VV): 0. ----- PRE and STA waypoints estimated DWP: 86 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 86 microsec, Data Window Duration: 60 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 8844.48535 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 25.286417 Far Range Look Angle: 56.878727 Optimum Steering Angle: 45.073822 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 787.917664 PRE Longitude : -118.237984 Latitude: 35.2232094 PRE loxodromic heading 169.993561 STA Longitude : -118.199814 Latitude: 35.0455933 STA loxodromic heading 170.011383 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 86 microsec, Data Window Duration: 60 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 8844.48535 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 25.2514591 Far Range Look Angle: 56.8372688 Optimum Steering Angle: 45.073822 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 796.155823 STO Longitude : -118.092911 Latitude: 34.5438995 STO loxodromic heading 170.009171 Distance from PRE: 76.5 km POS Longitude : -118.077774 Latitude: 34.4727898 Distance from PRE: 84.5 km POS loxodromic heading 170.007843 *****************************