************************** Radar Input File Name: 35024radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 35024site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 35001gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 09021001.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 10/02/09 Comments: Rosamond Calibration Array, 41kft. Test polarimetric with 3 scan angles (5,0,-5). 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: 5. Second: 0. Third: -5. Fourth: 0. ***Radar Mode Label does not agree with Radar Setup Radar Mode: POLSAR Xmit_Antenna_Select: 1 Xmit_Pol_Select: 3 Rcv_Array_Select: 1 Rcv_Buffer_Select: 3 Scan_Angle_Count: 3 Method: Center Expected Wind Speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 0. 45. Planned Ground Speed (m/s and Direction (deg) : 221. 350. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 221. 350. Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 0. Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.1956315km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Rosamd_35024 ************************** Aircraft height planned 12497. m 41000.5312 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 18938.9258 Pad of : 0 of DW is added to DW DW Increment : 10 DW Increment corresponds to : 900. m The Range Swath is : 13.4906597 km Estimated Data Window Duration: 100 microseconds This includes 18 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) 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 7.80000019 minutes to fly Data only: 4.69999981 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: 34.75 -118.066658 Nominal Length of line (km): 62.3912621 Flight heading 350. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 34.7714806 -117.918411 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 11780.5732 m Horizontal distance to near range: 4282.03467 m Minimum near range distance: 12285.168 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 18 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 23. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 78.5915298 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 81.9578171 Number of Minor PRFs per PRF: 6 desired PRF major 302.109741 desired PRI major 3310.05542 allowed PRI major 3312. Initial Estimate of Minor PRF(hz): 1812.65845 Initial Estimate of Minor PRI (microsec): 551.675903 Major PRI must be an integer multiple of 12 Nominal aircraft speed of 221. Major Delta PRI of 2 Implies Minor PRF of 1811.59412 hz and a PRI of 552. microsecond Major PRI is 3312. Updated Ground_Spacing (ft): 2.4014101 Maximum Major PRI: 3500 Minimum Major PRI: 3000 ground spacing is less than half the azimuth antenna length Azimuth Antenna Length is 1.5 m ground spacing is 0.731952012 m Nominal Pulse Lenth is being used: 18 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: 0.0434782617 CTU adds 6. microseconds in calculation of duty cycle Pulse Length (microsec): 18 Duty Cycle: 0.0434782617 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): 33985504. 32.4111023 Maximum data rate per receiver channel is: 35. The PRI_MIN such that data rate does not exceed the allowed data rate: 3067 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 2160 PRI Min: 3067 Final PRI Min: 3072 Total Data Rate (B/s, MB/s): 67971008. 64.8222046 Maximum Data Rate to JBOD (MB/s): 120. Estimated Total Science Data Volume for this run (bytes,Gbytes): 1.91678239E+10 17.8514271 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 745.662659 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: 0.111807264 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 657.610352 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 1189.60632 Expected Target Terrain Height: 660. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.7366104 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -27.6766663 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.8917522 near range, end of image: 35.041729 -118.023811 far range, end of image: 35.012085 -118.228195 near swath, beginning of image: 34.487793 -117.906151 far swath, beginning of image: 34.4581451 -118.109177 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -82.0273972 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -15.8975458 HV Received Power: -93.2069855 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.0771313 VV Received Power: -82.7328796 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -16.6030216 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 17.9358082 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 18 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 49.9472237 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -15.8975458 Avg terrain slope (deg) 0.111807264 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HH): 4. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HV): -6. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (VV): 4. ----- PRE and STA waypoints estimated DWP: 106 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 106 microsec, Data Window Duration: 100 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 18938.9258 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 20.3988476 Far Range Look Angle: 63.624218 Optimum Steering Angle: 50.0590324 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 1189.60632 Near range distance: 15888.999 Nadir distance: 10667.2324 PRE Longitude : -117.821671 Latitude: 34.3168449 PRE loxodromic heading -9.9940033 STA Longitude : -117.859421 Latitude: 34.4944916 STA loxodromic heading -10.0062943 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 108 microsec, Data Window Duration: 100 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 18938.9258 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 20.0351315 Far Range Look Angle: 63.1751671 Optimum Steering Angle: 50.0590324 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 761.935669 STO Longitude : -117.978401 Latitude: 35.0493431 STO loxodromic heading -9.99682426 Distance from PRE: 82.5 km POS Longitude : -117.982231 Latitude: 35.0671844 Distance from PRE: 84.5 km POS loxodromic heading -9.99576759 *****************************