PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM STANDARD_DATA_PRODUCT_ID = HEA DATA_SET_ID = "MEX-M-MRS-1/2/3-EXT2-3245-V1.0" PRODUCT_ID = "M00SUE0L1A_HEA_120991455_00.TXT" PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = 2013-08-13T10:56:56.000 PRODUCER_ID = "SUE" INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = "MEX" OBJECT = TEXT PUBLICATION_DATE = 2012-04-10 NOTE = "DSN MEX Bistatic Radar Data" END_OBJECT = TEXT END Miscellaneous ============= This is the first report since HEAC082A.TXT. Open Loop Data ============== Data Collection --------------- We have completed quick-look processing on the following MEX RSR open loop bistatic radar data at Stanford: DOY DSS RSR BAND RSR CH KSPS BT REC RECS RSR MAX START STOP ID RS LEN FILE NAME SNR --- --- -------- -------- ---- --- -- ---- -- ----- ----- ------------ ----- 099 63 14:55:01 16:10:00 -/XR 4 3 25 16 25260 18000 C099145A.RSR 5.3 099 63 14:55:00 16:10:00 -/SR 3 3 25 16 25260 18004 C099145B.RSR 3.5 099 63 14:55:00 16:10:00 -/XL 2 3 25 16 25260 18004 C099145C.RSR 4.4 099 63 14:55:00 16:10:00 -/SL 1 3 25 16 25260 18004 C099145D.RSR 3.6 099 63 16:48:00 17:25:00 -/XR 4 3 25 16 25260 8884 C099164A.RSR 72.8 099 63 16:48:00 17:25:00 -/SR 3 3 25 16 25260 8884 C099164B.RSR 50.5 099 63 16:48:00 17:25:00 -/XL 2 3 25 16 25260 8884 C099164C.RSR 50.1 099 63 16:48:00 17:25:00 -/SL 1 3 25 16 25260 8884 C099164D.RSR 22.5 099 63 17:25:00 18:47:00 -/XR 4 3 25 16 25260 19684 C099172A.RSR 37.0 099 63 17:25:00 18:47:00 -/SR 3 3 25 16 25260 19684 C099172B.RSR 24.5 099 63 17:25:00 18:47:00 -/XL 2 3 25 16 25260 19684 C099172C.RSR 33.7 099 63 17:25:00 18:47:00 -/SL 1 3 25 16 25260 19684 C099172D.RSR 25.8 099 63 18:47:00 19:50:00 -/XR 4 3 25 16 25260 15124 C099184A.RSR 72.8 099 63 18:47:00 19:50:00 -/SR 3 3 25 16 25260 15124 C099184B.RSR 51.1 099 63 18:47:00 19:50:00 -/XL 2 3 25 16 25260 15124 C099184C.RSR 51.2 099 63 18:47:00 19:50:00 -/SL 1 3 25 16 25260 15124 C099184D.RSR 25.3 099 63 17:25:00 17:45:00 -/XR 4 4 100 16 20260 24020 C099172E.RSR 38.1 099 63 17:25:00 17:45:00 -/SR 3 4 100 16 20260 24020 C099172F.RSR 21.9 099 63 17:25:00 17:45:00 -/XL 2 4 100 16 20260 24020 C099172G.RSR 37.3 099 63 17:25:00 17:45:00 -/SL 1 4 100 16 20260 24020 C099172H.RSR 21.2 099 63 17:45:00 18:06:00 -/XR 4 4 100 16 20260 25220 C099174A.RSR 41.2 099 63 17:45:00 18:06:00 -/SR 3 4 100 16 20260 25220 C099174B.RSR 25.3 099 63 17:45:00 18:06:00 -/XL 2 4 100 16 20260 25220 C099174C.RSR 38.2 099 63 17:45:00 18:06:00 -/SL 1 4 100 16 20260 25220 C099174D.RSR 21.2 099 63 18:06:00 18:27:00 -/XR 4 4 100 16 20260 25220 C099180A.RSR 48.4 099 63 18:06:00 18:27:00 -/SR 3 4 100 16 20260 25220 C099180B.RSR 32.6 099 63 18:06:00 18:27:00 -/XL 2 4 100 16 20260 25220 C099180C.RSR 38.3 099 63 18:06:00 18:27:00 -/SL 1 4 100 16 20260 25220 C099180D.RSR 24.8 099 63 18:27:00 18:47:00 -/XR 4 4 100 16 20260 24020 C099182A.RSR 42.7 099 63 18:27:00 18:46:59 -/SR 3 4 100 16 20260 24000 C099182B.RSR 26.7 099 63 18:27:00 18:47:00 -/XL 2 4 100 16 20260 24020 C099182C.RSR 31.2 099 63 18:27:00 18:47:00 -/SL 1 4 100 16 20260 24020 C099182D.RSR 19.2 These all appear to be good data. Surface echoes are visible in all four receiver channels during the observation. The specular point was near the equator at the beginning of the experiment and drifted south to almost 60S before reversing direction. It crossed the equator going north at about 137W longitude and was near (36N, 148W) when the experiment ended. It is the 'Stealth' region near the north-going equator crossing that is of special interest; it is essentially invisible in Earth-based radar studies. The bistatic echoes are also very weak, but we may be able to learn something about the surface properties by studying the results closely.