************************** Radar Input File Name: 17012radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 23523site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 09005gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 00021501.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 15/02/00 Comments: 3rd 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. 235. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 230.854614 234.569016 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 0.430984497 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.53605223km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Haywrd_23523 ************************** 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) 108.072105 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 11.1999998 minutes to fly Data only: 8.19999981 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 38.1930008 -121.831421 235. shiftdistance: 0. Center of image Swath: 38.1930008 -121.831421 Nominal Length of line (km): 108.072105 Flight heading 235. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 38.309185 -121.934708 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 12496.9668 m Voids in nadir height profile. Values set to last value not greater than the null value Horizontal distance to near range: 4527.81787 m Minimum near range distance: 13088.7461 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 83.3707886 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 87.318718 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): 1.98154793E+10 18.4546032 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 24.4952278 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: 0.167606905 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 0.500166833 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 202.232132 Expected Target Terrain Height: 100. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.2777176 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -27.515028 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.60672 near range, end of image: 37.9955254 -122.40815 far range, end of image: 37.8297691 -122.26165 near swath, beginning of image: 38.5539932 -121.398064 far swath, beginning of image: 38.3882523 -121.250443 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -82.2941589 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -18.0536766 HV Received Power: -92.1222076 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -27.8817272 VV Received Power: -82.2784348 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -18.0379505 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 20.1024551 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 51.4403152 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -18.0536766 Avg terrain slope (deg) 0.167606905 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: 19.9345722 Far Range Look Angle: 65.171875 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.6079216 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 17.212801 Near range distance: 17088.1699 Nadir distance: 12427.7881 PRE Longitude : -121.238319 Latitude: 38.6905022 PRE loxodromic heading -124.955688 STA Longitude : -121.426628 Latitude: 38.5873146 STA loxodromic heading -125.015846 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: 19.9168148 Far Range Look Angle: 65.1507492 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.6079216 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 4.46872091 STO Longitude : -122.436073 Latitude: 38.0238533 STO loxodromic heading -125.012871 Distance from PRE: 128.199997 km POS Longitude : -122.454727 Latitude: 38.0135155 Distance from PRE: 130.199997 km POS loxodromic heading -125.027298 *****************************