************************** Radar Input File Name: 17012radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 20003site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 30701gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 09060901.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 09/06/09 Comments: Iceland 41kft 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) : 10. 45. Planned Ground Speed (m/s and Direction (deg) : 221. 200. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 230.101883 201.052399 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 358.947601 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 6.98894787km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Icelnd_20003 ************************** Aircraft height planned 12497. m 41000.5312 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 22137.5625 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) 81.9778976 including the azimuth reference function length of 8. km and a pad on each side for a maximum squint of 6.98894787 km This flight line will take 9.30000019 minutes to fly Data only: 6.19999981 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 12497. m expected to be -50.9029999 Center of image Swath: 64.8030014 -19.1247997 Nominal Length of line (km): 81.9778976 Flight heading 200. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 64.8495102 -19.4270668 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 12107.8037 m Horizontal distance to near range: 4134.53564 m Minimum near range distance: 12472.2158 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 80.7745743 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 83.2056656 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): 1.49824358E+10 13.9534807 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 812.690308 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: 3.03006744 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 639.342712 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 1073.41235 Expected Target Terrain Height: 1000. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.7512417 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -27.8007221 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.8577957 near range, end of image: 64.4910278 -19.6324749 far range, end of image: 64.4231033 -19.2002182 near swath, beginning of image: 65.1819687 -19.0479851 far swath, beginning of image: 65.1140594 -18.6045208 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -80.5198898 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -16.9511757 HV Received Power: -91.1201096 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.5513954 VV Received Power: -80.8517838 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.2830677 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 19.3393974 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 48.7954178 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -16.9511757 Avg terrain slope (deg) 3.03006744 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: 110 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 110 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22137.5625 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 19.0806446 Far Range Look Angle: 65.5361328 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.8254852 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 721.673584 Near range distance: 16488.584 Nadir distance: 11743.4219 PRE Longitude : -18.9806404 Latitude: 65.3632584 PRE loxodromic heading -159.9496 STA Longitude : -19.1277122 Latitude: 65.1946869 STA loxodromic heading -160.017029 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 110 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22137.5625 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 18.9108505 Far Range Look Angle: 65.3275146 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.8254852 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 711.130371 STO Longitude : -19.7121334 Latitude: 64.5014648 STO loxodromic heading -160.017303 Distance from PRE: 102.099998 km POS Longitude : -19.7264309 Latitude: 64.48452 Distance from PRE: 104.099998 km POS loxodromic heading -160.011658 *****************************