************************** Radar Input File Name: 17012radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 23013site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 27001gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 09102701.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 27/10/09 Comments: 13th 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. 230. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 230.963593 229.783783 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 0.216217041 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.17131615km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:SanAnd_23013 ************************** 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) 112.342636 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 11.6000004 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 Center of image Swath: 35.997509 -120.809914 Nominal Length of line (km): 112.342636 Flight heading 230. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 36.1039162 -120.919991 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 12496.3291 m Voids in nadir height profile. Values set to last value not greater than the null value Horizontal distance to near range: 4302.271 m Minimum near range distance: 12106.8164 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 83.3665314 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 80.7679901 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: 493.364319 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: -0.826845586 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 1.58691561 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 981.477905 Expected Target Terrain Height: 700. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.1128197 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -28.0166225 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.022192 near range, end of image: 35.747921 -121.364357 far range, end of image: 35.5942345 -121.206322 near swath, beginning of image: 36.3988037 -120.410393 far swath, beginning of image: 36.2451324 -120.251045 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -81.8772278 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.8435726 HV Received Power: -91.8924255 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.8587742 VV Received Power: -81.9204483 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.8867989 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 19.7042732 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 52.3458786 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -17.8435726 Avg terrain slope (deg) -0.826845586 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: 112 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 112 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22245.0547 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 19.3353863 Far Range Look Angle: 65.2098007 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.5190315 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 271.081879 Near range distance: 16788.377 Nadir distance: 12430.8789 PRE Longitude : -120.268959 Latitude: 36.544117 PRE loxodromic heading -129.962158 STA Longitude : -120.440063 Latitude: 36.4283905 STA loxodromic heading -130.008743 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 114 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22245.0547 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 18.9975548 Far Range Look Angle: 64.7925644 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.5190315 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 1.58691561 STO Longitude : -121.393158 Latitude: 35.7728767 STO loxodromic heading -130.010391 Distance from PRE: 132.5 km POS Longitude : -121.410103 Latitude: 35.7612877 Distance from PRE: 134.5 km POS loxodromic heading -130.004349 *****************************