************************** Radar Input File Name: 17012radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 05024site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 27001gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 09111301.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 13/11/09 Comments: 4nd line from the southeast 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. 50. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 211.039856 50.2366257 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 359.763367 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.17131615km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:SanAnd_05024 ************************** Aircraft height planned 12497. m 41000.5312 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 22245.0547 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) 117.342636 including the azimuth reference function length of 8. km and a pad on each side for a maximum squint of 7.17131615 km This flight line will take 11.8999996 minutes to fly Data only: 8.80000019 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 r_aircraft_across_track: 15416.2842 r_latrun, r_lonrun, r_peg_head 36.7206383 -121.556305 50. shiftdistance: 0. Center of image Swath: 36.7206383 -121.556305 Nominal Length of line (km): 117.342636 Flight heading 50. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 36.6141396 -121.445511 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 12355.167 m Voids in nadir height profile. Values set to last value not greater than the null value Horizontal distance to near range: 4301.02148 m Minimum near range distance: 12319.498 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 82.4248047 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 82.1868515 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): 2.12653916E+10 19.8049393 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 300.019897 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: -1.30047047 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 0.627210557 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 843.810791 Expected Target Terrain Height: 700. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.6144371 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -27.9317265 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.8464489 near range, end of image: 36.9825974 -120.970551 far range, end of image: 37.1362495 -121.131424 near swath, beginning of image: 36.3028183 -121.977623 far swath, beginning of image: 36.4564896 -122.137085 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -INF Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -INF HV Received Power: NAN Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: NAN VV Received Power: -491.623901 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -427.496643 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 19.8522243 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 52.2797127 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -INF Avg terrain slope (deg) -1.30047047 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HH): -2.14748365E+09 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HV): -2.14748365E+09 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (VV): -406. ----- 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: 22245.0547 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 18.9888153 Far Range Look Angle: 64.7869873 Optimum Steering Angle: 50.9792404 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 394.447906 Near range distance: 17088.1699 Nadir distance: 12497. PRE Longitude : -122.116066 Latitude: 36.1572037 PRE loxodromic heading 49.9630089 STA Longitude : -121.945801 Latitude: 36.2731819 STA loxodromic heading 50.0145683 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 112 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22245.0547 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 19.2339764 Far Range Look Angle: 65.0910645 Optimum Steering Angle: 50.9792404 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 130.574066 STO Longitude : -120.936111 Latitude: 36.9489594 STO loxodromic heading 50.0113487 Distance from PRE: 137.399994 km POS Longitude : -120.918907 Latitude: 36.9605408 Distance from PRE: 139.399994 km POS loxodromic heading 50.020874 *****************************