************************** Radar Input File Name: 17101radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 17101site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 14001gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 08050701.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 07/05/08 Comments: Lost Hills 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. 171. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 227.022049 173.042236 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 357.957764 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.53605223km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:losthills_17101 ************************** Aircraft height planned 12497. m 41000.5312 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 22456.1426 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) 93.0721054 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 10.6000004 minutes to fly Data only: 7. 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: 35.5499992 -119.720001 Nominal Length of line (km): 93.0721054 Flight heading 171. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 35.5276718 -119.891518 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 11593.7637 m Horizontal distance to near range: 4488.33203 m Minimum near range distance: 12184.8555 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 77.3452682 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 81.2886124 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: 0.0289855078 Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Duty Cycle: 0.0289855078 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): 1.69156526E+10 15.7539291 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 285.794006 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: -1.4772861 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 57.993309 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 891.533997 Expected Target Terrain Height: 100. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.648098 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -27.7920227 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.7529182 near range, end of image: 35.1197624 -119.761795 far range, end of image: 35.151432 -119.518387 near swath, beginning of image: 35.9483643 -119.923653 far swath, beginning of image: 35.9800301 -119.677727 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -82.3296051 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -18.0357037 HV Received Power: -92.1627045 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.8688087 VV Received Power: -82.3246994 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -18.030798 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 20.0286827 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 53.1697464 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -18.0357037 Avg terrain slope (deg) -1.4772861 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: 114 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 114 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22456.1426 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 19.8755569 Far Range Look Angle: 65.2607803 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.6924591 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 57.9940872 Near range distance: 17088.1699 Nadir distance: 12416.6953 PRE Longitude : -120.006973 Latitude: 36.1200371 PRE loxodromic heading 170.991898 STA Longitude : -119.972206 Latitude: 35.9419289 STA loxodromic heading 170.995728 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 110 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22456.1426 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 20.7364578 Far Range Look Angle: 66.251152 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.6924591 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 664.587952 STO Longitude : -119.812263 Latitude: 35.1120644 STO loxodromic heading 171.00209 Distance from PRE: 113.199997 km POS Longitude : -119.798531 Latitude: 35.0407524 Distance from PRE: 121.199997 km POS loxodromic heading 171.007614 *****************************