************************** Radar Input File Name: 17012radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 05524site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 09005gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 00021501.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 15/02/00 Comments: 1st line from the north 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. 55. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 211.159073 55.47118 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 359.528809 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.53605223km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Haywrd_05524 ************************** 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) 113.072105 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 11.6000004 minutes to fly Data only: 8.5 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: 15740.21 r_latrun, r_lonrun, r_peg_head 38.0762558 -121.804153 55. shiftdistance: 0. Center of image Swath: 38.0762558 -121.804153 Nominal Length of line (km): 113.072105 Flight heading 55. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 37.9599762 -121.701355 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 12464.7773 m Voids in nadir height profile. Values set to last value not greater than the null value Horizontal distance to near range: 4528.54541 m Minimum near range distance: 12604.6992 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 83.156044 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 84.0895081 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): 2.05404365E+10 19.1297722 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 52.8044357 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: -0.0879654065 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 0.510951996 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 370.51651 Expected Target Terrain Height: 100. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.6275864 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -28.2174759 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.2994518 near range, end of image: 38.2843285 -121.200569 far range, end of image: 38.4500732 -121.347984 near swath, beginning of image: 37.6999969 -122.256882 far swath, beginning of image: 37.865757 -122.403122 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -85.1447449 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -20.8845329 HV Received Power: -93.4105225 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -29.1503067 VV Received Power: -83.4256668 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -19.1654568 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 20.1120853 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 51.6646194 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -20.8845329 Avg terrain slope (deg) -0.0879654065 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HH): 2. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HV): -6. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (VV): 2. ----- 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: 19.9160919 Far Range Look Angle: 65.146965 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.5766525 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 165.13382 Near range distance: 17088.1699 Nadir distance: 12232.877 PRE Longitude : -122.411736 Latitude: 37.5631256 PRE loxodromic heading 54.9584122 STA Longitude : -122.226303 Latitude: 37.666626 STA loxodromic heading 55.0198441 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 114 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22456.1426 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 19.9567204 Far Range Look Angle: 65.1952667 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.5766525 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 18.3428459 STO Longitude : -121.167938 Latitude: 38.2463417 STO loxodromic heading 55.0219879 Distance from PRE: 133.100006 km POS Longitude : -121.149223 Latitude: 38.2566757 Distance from PRE: 135.100006 km POS loxodromic heading 55.0142708 *****************************