************************** Radar Input File Name: 17012radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 27102site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 17001gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 09021701.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 17/02/09 Comments: Sierra Snow Pack 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) : 221. 271. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 250.444717 264.40271 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 6.59729004 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.1956315km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Sierra_27102 ************************** 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) 97.3912659 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 10.1000004 minutes to fly Data only: 7.30000019 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: 37.9300003 -119.599998 Nominal Length of line (km): 97.3912659 Flight heading 271. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 38.0690842 -119.596931 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 11068.9121 m Horizontal distance to near range: 4338.07861 m Minimum near range distance: 9917.13379 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 73.8438339 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 66.159996 Number of Minor PRFs per PRF: 2 desired PRF major 362.531708 desired PRI major 2758.37939 allowed PRI major 2760. Initial Estimate of Minor PRF(hz): 725.063416 Initial Estimate of Minor PRI (microsec): 1379.1897 Major PRI must be an integer multiple of 4 Nominal aircraft speed of 221. Major Delta PRI of 2 Implies Minor PRF of 724.637695 hz and a PRI of 1380. microsecond Major PRI is 2760. Updated Ground_Spacing (ft): 2.00117493 Maximum Major PRI: 3500 Minimum Major PRI: 1000 ground spacing is less than half the azimuth antenna length Azimuth Antenna Length is 1.5 m ground spacing is 0.60995996 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: 0.0333333351 CTU adds 6. microseconds in calculation of duty cycle Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Duty Cycle: 0.0333333351 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): 20137682. 19.2047901 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 1034 The PRI_Min such that the Maximum Duty Cycle 0.0500000007 is not exceeded is 1600 PRI Min: 1600 Final PRI Min: 1600 Total Data Rate (B/s, MB/s): 40275364. 38.4095802 Maximum Data Rate to JBOD (MB/s): 120. Estimated Total Science Data Volume for this run (bytes,Gbytes): 1.76406098E+10 16.4290981 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP *** The difference between input nominal ground height and measured ground height in imaged swath is 1435.11377 m If this is incorrect, the flight plan should be re-run *** Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 2095.11377 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: -4.9326067 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 1087.03748 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 3432.26147 Expected Target Terrain Height: 660. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.5914021 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -28.3950653 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.260004 near range, end of image: 38.0366135 -120.151695 far range, end of image: 37.8360939 -120.156113 near swath, beginning of image: 38.0212975 -119.043999 far swath, beginning of image: 37.8207779 -119.048416 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -80.306427 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -16.523983 HV Received Power: -91.2723541 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.4899025 VV Received Power: -80.7082214 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -16.9257717 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 18.717535 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 60.660862 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -16.523983 Avg terrain slope (deg) -4.9326067 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: 102 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 102 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22259.2891 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 22.3708363 Far Range Look Angle: 68.3822174 Optimum Steering Angle: 55.7282562 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 1996.96326 Near range distance: 15289.415 Nadir distance: 10519.9395 PRE Longitude : -118.871201 Latitude: 38.0576324 PRE loxodromic heading -88.9650421 STA Longitude : -119.042091 Latitude: 38.0601158 STA loxodromic heading -89.0182419 Distance from PRE: 15. km Near range distance: 3897.30176 Nadir distance: 10621.8184 Nadir return in image 976 ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 26 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22259.2891 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 21.5321198 Far Range Look Angle: 67.5408554 Optimum Steering Angle: 55.7282562 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 1137.24683 STO Longitude : -120.153084 Latitude: 38.0701981 STO loxodromic heading -89.0183334 Distance from PRE: 112.5 km POS Longitude : -120.175873 Latitude: 38.0705109 Distance from PRE: 114.5 km POS loxodromic heading -89.0121384 *****************************