************************** Radar Input File Name: 14501radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 14501site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 00101gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 08042901.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 29/04/08 Comments: SE along Hayward Fault 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: Endpoints Expected Wind Speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 10. 45. Planned Ground Speed (m/s and Direction (deg) : 221. 145.412552 Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 429.589508 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 223.024307 147.940094 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): 357.472473 Expected drift angle within desired range 12. Squint at near range is 7.53605223km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Hayward_14501 ************************** 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) 100.355461 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 11.1000004 minutes to fly Data only: 7.5999999 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: 37.5091591 -121.942848 Nominal Length of line (km): 100.355461 Flight heading 145.412552 Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 37.4285126 -122.089348 Altitude (m, ft): 12497. 41000.5312 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 12126.5635 m Voids in nadir height profile. Values set to last value not greater than the null value Horizontal distance to near range: 4506.51562 m Minimum near range distance: 12896.501 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 40 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 45. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 80.8997269 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 86.0361938 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): 1.8365567E+10 17.1042671 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 53.2471771 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: 1.48793161 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 2.81403041 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 226.071732 Expected Target Terrain Height: 100. Initial Look Angle (deg) 20. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.8073311 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -28.2209759 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -18.440176 near range, end of image: 37.0790062 -121.726234 far range, end of image: 37.1938896 -121.518127 near swath, beginning of image: 37.8234406 -122.371651 far swath, beginning of image: 37.9383087 -122.161469 Power Transmitted: 3.20000005 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -83.8269653 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -19.6783199 HV Received Power: -92.9089508 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -28.7603035 VV Received Power: -82.88237 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -18.7337246 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 18.625 20.0930443 Reference Pulse Width, actual 40. 40 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 45. 50.0560913 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -8. -10. -19.6783199 Avg terrain slope (deg) 1.48793161 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HH): 2. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HV): -6. 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: 19.8309746 Far Range Look Angle: 65.13414 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.5440216 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 29.4494362 Near range distance: 17088.1699 Nadir distance: 12476.7051 PRE Longitude : -122.542023 Latitude: 37.9486237 PRE loxodromic heading 145.380798 STA Longitude : -122.412788 Latitude: 37.8002777 STA loxodromic heading 145.418365 Distance from PRE: 20. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 112 microsec, Data Window Duration: 150 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 22456.1426 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 20.3191319 Far Range Look Angle: 65.7068939 Optimum Steering Angle: 51.5440216 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 119.77861 STO Longitude : -121.771988 Latitude: 37.0537186 STO loxodromic heading 145.416077 Distance from PRE: 120.400002 km POS Longitude : -121.720909 Latitude: 36.9942894 Distance from PRE: 128.399994 km POS loxodromic heading 145.422058 *****************************