************************** Radar Input File Name: 17019radar_01.rdf Site Input File Name: 17019site_01.rdf GCP Input File Name: 17001gcp_01.rdf ADP File Name: 07091901.adp Flight Date (Day, Month, Year): 19/09/07 Comments: Caltone. Rosamond Calibration Array Antenna Transmit Cal Pulse Enabled Antenna Receive Cal Pulse Enabled Sniffer Pulse Enabled Calibration Pulse Interval: 255 pulses BFPQ compression: 0, 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) : 40. 10. Planned Ground Speed (m/s and Direction (deg) : 192. 170. Planned Ground Speed (knots) : 373.218048 Expected air speed (m/s) and Direction (deg) : 229.994949 173.410141 Expected drift angle (positive is counter clockwise): -3.41014099 Squint at near range is 4.17379665km Assuming maximum squint angle of 12. Site Name:Rosamond17019 ************************** Aircraft height planned 9144. m 29999.9082 ft Finding maximum ground range swath width actual ground swath width of (m): 7001.2373 Pad of : 0 of DW is added to DW DW Increment : 10 DW Increment corresponds to : 900. m The Range Swath is : 4.49688673 km Estimated Data Window Duration: 50 microseconds This includes 24 microseconds for the pulse length Maximum Data Window Duration: 50 microseconds Minimum Data Window Duration: 40 microseconds Flight plan length in km (not including shortbit) 56.3475952 including the azimuth reference function length of 8. km and a pad on each side for a maximum squint of 4.17379665 km This flight line will take 6.30000019 minutes to fly Data only: 4.9000001 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 9144. m expected to be -38.9165573 Center of image Swath: 34.8086014 -118.056 Nominal Length of line (km): 56.3475952 Flight heading 170. Aircraft center position (latitude, longtitude): 34.7968979 -118.136276 Altitude (m, ft): 9144. 29999.9082 Minimum Nadir distance to ground = 7858.80029 m Horizontal distance to near range: 3943.60938 m Minimum near range distance: 9216.06445 m Nominal Pulse Length (microsec): 24 Minimum time to allow for data receive (microsec): 29. Minimum 2-way return time to nadir (microsec): 52.4282722 Minimum 2-way return time to near range (microsec): 61.4829674 Number of Minor PRFs per PRF: 2 desired PRF major 960.242859 desired PRI major 1041.4032 allowed PRI major 1040. Initial Estimate of Minor PRF(hz): 1920.48572 Initial Estimate of Minor PRI (microsec): 520.701599 Major PRI must be an integer multiple of 4 Nominal aircraft speed of 192. Major Delta PRI of 2 Implies Minor PRF of 1923.0769 hz and a PRI of 520. microsecond Major PRI is 1040. Updated Ground_Spacing (ft): 0.655116081 FIXED PRF FOR ENTIRE FLIGHTLINE Maximum Major PRI: 1040 Minimum Major PRI: 1040 ground spacing is less than half the azimuth antenna length Azimuth Antenna Length is 0.5 m ground spacing is 0.199679986 m Nominal Pulse Lenth is being used: 24 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: 0.0461538471 Pulse Length (microsec): 24 Duty Cycle: 0.0461538471 Maximum Duty Cycle : 0.0500000007 Science Data Rate: Sampling Rate Mhz 180. Data Window Length (microseconds) 50 Number of Samples per Pulse: 9000. Number of Blocks in Pulse: 70 No BFPQ compression Number of header bytes per pulse: 700 Number of bits per sample: 16 Number of bits per block: 2048 Number of bytes per block: 256 Number of bytes per pulse: 18620 Data Rate per receiver channel (B/s, MB/s): 35807692. 34.1488762 Maximum data rate per receiver channel is: 35. Total Data Rate (B/s, MB/s): 71615384. 68.2977524 Maximum Data Rate to JBOD (MB/s): 120. Estimated Total Science Data Volume for this run (bytes,Gbytes): 2.10549228E+10 19.6089249 Timing delay of 25. added to DWP Average Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 719.587219 Average Terrain slope 1/3 into swath for entire run: 0.172603339 Minimum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 656.661255 Maximum Terrain Height 1/3 into swath for entire run: 834.654358 Expected Target Terrain Height: 660. Initial Look Angle (deg) 25. Average HH backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.1177998 Average HV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -27.038414 Average VV backscatter (within incidence angle limits) for entire run: -17.7368965 near range, end of image: 34.5529251 -118.040337 far range, end of image: 34.5639153 -117.965012 near swath, beginning of image: 35.0532417 -118.14753 far swath, beginning of image: 35.0642319 -118.071747 Power Transmitted: 1.35000002 kw Total Antenna Gain 19.8999996 HH Received Power: -87.1017914 Average HH sigma0 at beginning of run: -16.2186661 HV Received Power: -97.5442047 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -26.6610737 VV Received Power: -87.9983826 Average HV sigma0 at beginning of run: -17.1152573 Desired Power Level at attenna: -15. Reference Range, actual range 9.5 11.1826954 Reference Pulse Width, actual 50. 24 Reference Incidence Angle, actual 22.5 41.5628128 Reference Target Sigma0(CO, CROSS), actual -10. -16. -16.2186661 Avg terrain slope (deg) 0.172603339 Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HH): 2. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (HV): -4. Gain Correction to Attenuator values (VV): 0. ----- PRE and STA waypoints estimated DWP: 86 microseconds Maximum DWP: 510 microseconds Minimum DWP : 20 microseconds DWP: 86 microsec, Data Window Duration: 50 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 7001.2373 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 25.2945442 Far Range Look Angle: 52.6765251 Optimum Steering Angle: 41.7354164 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 787.036743 PRE Longitude : -118.20517 Latitude: 35.1181412 PRE loxodromic heading 170.00174 STA Longitude : -118.189911 Latitude: 35.047039 STA loxodromic heading 170.011566 Distance from PRE: 8. km ---- STO and POS waypoints DWP: 86 microsec, Data Window Duration: 50 microsec Actual Ground Swath: 7001.2373 m, Desired Ground Swath: 16000. m Near Range Look Angle: 25.2746334 Far Range Look Angle: 52.6516685 Optimum Steering Angle: 41.7354164 Terrain Height 1/3 into swath: 795.889404 STO Longitude : -118.083008 Latitude: 34.5453453 STO loxodromic heading 170.008606 Distance from PRE: 64.5 km POS Longitude : -118.067871 Latitude: 34.4742355 Distance from PRE: 72.5 km POS loxodromic heading 170.007553 *****************************