************************** Radar Input File Name: 35012radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 35012site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 35001gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 09012701.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 27/01/09 Comments: Rosamond Calibration Array, 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) : 40. 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) : 200.749023 340.606201 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 9.39379883 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.1956315km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Rosamd_35012 ************************** 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 7.80000019 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): 34.7740555 -117.900551 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 11777.7412 m Horizontal distance to near range: 4278.11719 m Minimum near range distance: 12310.1133 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 78.5726318 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 82.1242371 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): 1.1357653E+10 10.5776386 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 745.40155 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: 0.104309157 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 657.961182 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 1175.69348 Expected Target Terrain Height: 660. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.2175655 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -27.9939728 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.1220398 near range, end of image: 35.0443115 -118.00589 far range, end of image: 35.0094719 -118.246109 near swath, beginning of image: 34.4903755 -117.888351 far swath, beginning of image: 34.4555321 -118.126968 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -80.2315063 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -16.4594097 HV Received Power: -91.1350861 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.3629913 VV Received Power: -80.7752991 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.0032005 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 19.2519016 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 53.0567589 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -16.4594097 Avg terrain slope (deg) 0.104309157 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: 20.3362312 Far Range Look Angle: 66.492691 Optimum Steering Angle: 53.161068 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 1175.69348 Near range distance: 16188.792 Nadir distance: 10345.7998 PRE Longitude : -117.80381 Latitude: 34.3194199 PRE loxodromic heading -9.99086571 STA Longitude : -117.84156 Latitude: 34.4970665 STA loxodromic heading -10.0059843 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 108 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22259.2891 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 20.0565891 Far Range Look Angle: 66.1753922 Optimum Steering Angle: 53.161068 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 760.835754 STO Longitude : -117.960541 Latitude: 35.051918 STO loxodromic heading -10.0097904 Distance from PRE: 82.5 km POS Longitude : -117.964371 Latitude: 35.0697594 Distance from PRE: 84.5 km POS loxodromic heading -9.9954567 *****************************