************************** Radar Input File Name: 17012radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 00512site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 03900gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 09081501.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 15/08/09 Comments: Harvard Forest, ascending -5m baseline 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. 5. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 192.086777 357.307678 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 7.69232178 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.44486809km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:harvrd_00512 ************************** Aircraft height planned 12497. m 41000.5312 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 22403.8496 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) 67.88974 including the azimuth reference function length of 8. km and a pad on each side for a maximum squint of 7.44486809 km This flight line will take 8.19999981 minutes to fly Data only: 5.0999999 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: 42.4725838 -72.2242584 Nominal Length of line (km): 67.88974 Flight heading 5. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 42.4601402 -72.0345917 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 12157.5322 m Horizontal distance to near range: 4416.97803 m Minimum near range distance: 12923.6377 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 81.1063232 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 86.2172318 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): 1.23242619E+10 11.4778633 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 270.866241 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: -1.18892121 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 187.039948 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 382.463837 Expected Target Terrain Height: 250. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.9668617 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -27.8825932 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.9720001 near range, end of image: 42.768158 -72.0516586 far range, end of image: 42.7857475 -72.324585 near swath, beginning of image: 42.1592293 -72.124939 far swath, beginning of image: 42.1768227 -72.3952255 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -81.8473358 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.6700249 HV Received Power: -91.9876785 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.8103638 VV Received Power: -81.9443207 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.7670097 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 19.8617382 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 53.0375519 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -17.6700249 Avg terrain slope (deg) -1.18892121 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HH): 4. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HV): -4. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (VV): 4. ----- PRE and STA waypoints estimated DWP: 112 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 112 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22403.8496 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 19.79883 Far Range Look Angle: 65.4178772 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.848629 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 237.667145 Near range distance: 16788.377 Nadir distance: 12245.0332 PRE Longitude : -72.0914383 Latitude: 41.9761963 PRE loxodromic heading 4.99490738 STA Longitude : -72.0703964 Latitude: 42.1556625 STA loxodromic heading 5.00100374 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 112 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22403.8496 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 19.935894 Far Range Look Angle: 65.5797043 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.848629 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 382.463837 STO Longitude : -71.9979782 Latitude: 42.7655563 STO loxodromic heading 5.0044446 Distance from PRE: 88. km POS Longitude : -71.9958344 Latitude: 42.7835808 Distance from PRE: 90. km POS loxodromic heading 5.00802803 *****************************