April 07 Experiment Plan

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April 07 Experiment Plan
Parameter Value
Frequency 150 Mhz, 450 MHz
Band width 20 MHz, 50 MHz
Range window Start 48 us to 88 us with pulse 1 (lo-gain) Then 55 us to 95 us pulse 2 (hi-gain)
Pulse width 3 us
PRF 10 KHz (5 Khz for each pulse)
Baseline offset Return flight 50 m south of outbound flight
Calibration Rough ocean observations at these specs
Aircraft elevation above ellipsoid (geoid) 26000 ft (install additional external attunuators into the receiver
Antennas configured for two frequencies Mechanical Disconnect
At least one flight with multiple repeats for tomography Swiss and Mt. Gogineni racetracks
High elevation flights on any flights of opportunity 26,000 ft
Onboard and base station data processing issues (GPS data?) JPL/Vexcel Determine whether the server be available
Early evaluation of Greenland data Make data available to Wu including 1st order estiamte of motion