************************** Radar Input File Name: 17036radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 17036site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 17001gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 07120401.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 04/12/07 Comments: 41kft, extra 10 db Attenuation on H transmit channels,12-8bit BFPQ, RFN CALTONE on, 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. 45. Planned Ground Speed (m/s and Direction (deg) : 215. 170. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 417.926453 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 240.188477 177.840637 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 352.159363 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.1956315km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Rosamond17036 ************************** 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. minutes to fly Data only: 4.80000019 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 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 = 11551.8369 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): 77.065567 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 81.3939896 Number of Minor PRFs per PRF: 2 desired PRF major 352.689209 desired PRI major 2835.35742 allowed PRI major 2836. Initial Estimate of Minor PRF(hz): 705.378418 Initial Estimate of Minor PRI (microsec): 1417.67883 Major PRI must be an integer multiple of 4 Nominal aircraft speed of 215. Major Delta PRI of 2 Implies Minor PRF of 705.218628 hz and a PRI of 1418. microsecond Major PRI is 2836. Updated Ground_Spacing (ft): 2.00045323 FIXED PRF FOR ENTIRE FLIGHTLINE Maximum Major PRI: 2836 Minimum Major PRI: 2836 ground spacing is less than half the azimuth antenna length Azimuth Antenna Length is 1.5 m ground spacing is 0.609740019 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: 0.0282087438 Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Duty Cycle: 0.0282087438 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): 19598026. 18.690134 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 1063 The PRI_Min such that the Maximum Duty Cycle 0.0500000007 is not exceeded is 1600 PRI Min: 2836 Final PRI Min: 2836 Total Data Rate (B/s, MB/s): 39196052. 37.3802681 Maximum Data Rate to JBOD (MB/s): 120. Estimated Total Science Data Volume for this run (bytes,Gbytes): 1.12884634E+10 10.5132008 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 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 : -118.148186 Latitude: 34.4351921 Distance from PRE: 90.5 km POS loxodromic heading 170.00293 *****************************