************************** Radar Input File Name: 06001radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 12501site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 06001gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 08060401.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 04/06/08 Comments: CA Coast 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: 15. Third: -15. Fourth: 0. ***Radar Mode Label does not agree with Radar Setup Radar Mode: POLSAR Xmit_Antenna_Select: 1 Xmit_Pol_Select: 3 Rcv_Array_Select: 1 Rcv_Buffer_Select: 3 Scan_Angle_Count: 3 Method: Center Expected Wind Speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 10. 45. Planned Ground Speed (m/s and Direction (deg) : 221. 125. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 219.484589 127.571671 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 357.428345 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.53605223km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:CACoast_12501 ************************** Aircraft height planned 12497. m 41000.5312 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 17409.6289 Pad of : 0 of DW is added to DW DW Increment : 10 DW Increment corresponds to : 900. m The Range Swath is : 11.9916983 km Estimated Data Window Duration: 100 microseconds This includes 24 microseconds for the pulse length Maximum Data Window Duration: 100 microseconds Minimum Data Window Duration: 50 microseconds Flight plan length in km (not including shortbit) 103.072105 including the azimuth reference function length of 8. km and a pad on each side for a maximum squint of 7.53605223 km This flight line will take 11.3000002 minutes to fly Data only: 7.80000019 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: 34.3089981 -119.473801 Nominal Length of line (km): 103.072105 Flight heading 125. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 34.2113457 -119.556084 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 12496.998 m Voids in nadir height profile. Values set to last value not greater than the null value Horizontal distance to near range: 4527.27295 m Minimum near range distance: 12640.6299 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 24 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 29. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 83.3710022 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 84.3292084 Number of Minor PRFs per PRF: 6 desired PRF major 302.109741 desired PRI major 3310.05542 allowed PRI major 3312. Initial Estimate of Minor PRF(hz): 1812.65845 Initial Estimate of Minor PRI (microsec): 551.675903 Major PRI must be an integer multiple of 12 Nominal aircraft speed of 221. Major Delta PRI of 2 Implies Minor PRF of 1811.59412 hz and a PRI of 552. microsecond Major PRI is 3312. Updated Ground_Spacing (ft): 2.4014101 Maximum Major PRI: 3500 Minimum Major PRI: 3000 ground spacing is less than half the azimuth antenna length Azimuth Antenna Length is 1.5 m ground spacing is 0.731952012 m Nominal Pulse Lenth is being used: 24 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: 0.0434782617 Pulse Length (microsec): 24 Duty Cycle: 0.0434782617 Maximum Duty Cycle : 0.0500000007 Science Data Rate: Sampling Rate Mhz 180. Data Window Length (microseconds) 100 Number of Samples per Pulse: 18000. Number of Blocks in Pulse: 140 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: 18760 Data Rate per receiver channel (B/s, MB/s): 33985504. 32.4111023 Maximum data rate per receiver channel is: 35. The PRI_MIN such that data rate does not exceed the allowed data rate: 3067 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 2880 PRI Min: 3067 Final PRI Min: 3072 Total Data Rate (B/s, MB/s): 67971008. 64.8222046 Maximum Data Rate to JBOD (MB/s): 120. Estimated Total Science Data Volume for this run (bytes,Gbytes): 3.1810431E+10 29.6257725 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 94.5980072 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: 0.697594523 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 0.598476529 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 780.067993 Expected Target Terrain Height: 100. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -19.4974976 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -28.563343 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.6743507 near range, end of image: 33.9773064 -119.070648 far range, end of image: 34.1059494 -118.96244 near swath, beginning of image: 34.5102997 -119.988319 far swath, beginning of image: 34.6389313 -119.879425 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -82.7765121 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -18.1915131 HV Received Power: -92.6012268 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -28.0162239 VV Received Power: -82.5947266 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -18.0097218 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 17.7561283 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 24 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 47.4797554 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -18.1915131 Avg terrain slope (deg) 0.697594523 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HH): 4. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HV): -6. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (VV): 4. ----- PRE and STA waypoints estimated DWP: 110 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 110 microsec, Data Window Duration: 100 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 17409.6289 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 20.9249725 Far Range Look Angle: 61.642395 Optimum Steering Angle: 48.1773491 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 313.987213 Near range distance: 16488.584 Nadir distance: 12298.1602 PRE Longitude : -120.194221 Latitude: 34.5802574 PRE loxodromic heading 124.96151 STA Longitude : -120.015663 Latitude: 34.4769783 STA loxodromic heading 125.016983 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- RSU waypoint (due to change in DWP) 1 RSU at line : 1002 along track, or 100200. m estimated DWP: 114 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds Near Range Look Angle: 19.9162159 Far Range Look Angle: 60.3338737 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 0.607887149 Optimum Steering Angle: 46.6401672 DWP: 114 microsec, Data Window Duration: 100 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 17409.6289 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Distance from PRE: 120.199997 km Distance from STO: 2.9000001km Checking Gain for this DWP RSU... HH Received Power: -85.5758667 Average HH sigma0: -20.7792816 HV Received Power: -93.8899384 Average HV sigma0: -29.0933456 VV Received Power: -83.9535675 Average VV sigma0: -19.1569824 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HH): 0. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HV): -6. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (VV): 2. RSU loxodromic heading 125.021629 Distance from PRE: 120.199997 km Distance from STO: 2.9000001km Distance since last RSU: 100100. m Distance along track: 100200. m RSU Longitude : -119.12767 Latitude: 33.9556389 ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 114 microsec, Data Window Duration: 100 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 17409.6289 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 19.9162159 Far Range Look Angle: 60.3338737 Optimum Steering Angle: 46.6401672 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 0.607887149 STO Longitude : -119.102135 Latitude: 33.9404526 STO loxodromic heading 125.016777 Distance from PRE: 123.099998 km POS Longitude : -119.031281 Latitude: 33.8990631 Distance from PRE: 131.100006 km POS loxodromic heading 125.019073 *****************************