************************** Radar Input File Name: 30701radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 30714site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 30701gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 08071501.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 15/07/08 Comments: Kings Canyon 41kft 8 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: Endpoints Expected Wind Speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 10. 45. Planned Ground Speed (m/s and Direction (deg) : 221. 310.470032 Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 222.013718 307.896484 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 2.57354736 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 6.88803768km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:KingsCanyon30714 ************************** Aircraft height planned 13331. m 43736.7422 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 22077.5234 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) 84.2121353 including the azimuth reference function length of 8. km and a pad on each side for a maximum squint of 6.88803768 km This flight line will take 9.89999962 minutes to fly Data only: 6.4000001 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 13331. m expected to be -50.5514603 Center of image Swath: 36.5889969 -118.467812 Nominal Length of line (km): 84.2121353 Flight heading 310.470032 Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 36.6929436 -118.357635 Altitude (m, ft): 13331. 43736.7422 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 10800.7598 m Horizontal distance to near range: 4134.42041 m Minimum near range distance: 10247.5469 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 72.0549164 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 68.3642731 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): 1.54657403E+10 14.4035931 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP *** The difference between input nominal ground height and measured ground height in imaged swath is 863.322021 m If this is incorrect, the flight plan should be re-run *** Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 2863.32202 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: -1.12203002 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 1657.15186 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 3749.98169 Expected Target Terrain Height: 2000. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.2710056 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -27.9521656 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.40452 near range, end of image: 36.9104004 -118.746529 far range, end of image: 36.7590408 -118.907181 near swath, beginning of image: 36.41782 -118.031067 far swath, beginning of image: 36.2664452 -118.190704 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -80.1168671 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -16.2458687 HV Received Power: -91.3671341 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.4961357 VV Received Power: -80.567215 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -16.6962166 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 19.4583912 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 52.3620796 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -16.2458687 Avg terrain slope (deg) -1.12203002 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: 22077.5234 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 18.746439 Far Range Look Angle: 65.0731812 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.2400513 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 2580.69434 Near range distance: 16488.584 Nadir distance: 11770.8516 PRE Longitude : -117.830856 Latitude: 36.3290138 PRE loxodromic heading -49.4937553 STA Longitude : -118.000313 Latitude: 36.4461136 STA loxodromic heading -49.5465431 Distance from PRE: 20. km Near range distance: 3897.30176 Nadir distance: 10883.624 Nadir return in image 844 ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 26 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22077.5234 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 19.7483177 Far Range Look Angle: 66.2814178 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.2400513 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 1657.15186 STO Longitude : -118.7202 Latitude: 36.9369965 STO loxodromic heading -49.5424805 Distance from PRE: 104.300003 km POS Longitude : -118.788559 Latitude: 36.9837646 Distance from PRE: 112.300003 km POS loxodromic heading -49.5485229 *****************************