Snow-stratification investigation on an Antarctic ice stream with an X-band radar system
Abstract An X-band FM-CW radar was used to determine the feasibility of observing annual snow-accumulation layers in Antarctica with a high-resolution inexpensive radar system. The formation of layering boundaries, their resultant electromagnetic discontinuity and their detection by reflected energy...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s002214300000575x 2023-06-11T04:06:34+02:00 Snow-stratification investigation on an Antarctic ice stream with an X-band radar system Forster, Richard R. Davis, Curt H. Rand, Timothy W. Moore, Richard K. 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002214300000575x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002214300000575X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 37, issue 127, page 323-325 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1991 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s002214300000575x 2023-05-01T18:21:55Z Abstract An X-band FM-CW radar was used to determine the feasibility of observing annual snow-accumulation layers in Antarctica with a high-resolution inexpensive radar system. The formation of layering boundaries, their resultant electromagnetic discontinuity and their detection by reflected energy are presented. Large returns from depths corresponding to reasonable positions for annual layers were found. The average accumulation rates calculated from the radar returns agree with those measured in a previous pit study done in the same area. The detection of the annual accumulation layers with this system implies a simple, inexpensive mobile radar could be used to profile large areas allowing the distorting effects of local topography to be removed.This type of system with a concurrent pit study could provide insight into the effect of sub-surface strata on spaceborne or airborne microwave remote sensing. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Antarctic Journal of Glaciology 37 127 323 325 |
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Abstract An X-band FM-CW radar was used to determine the feasibility of observing annual snow-accumulation layers in Antarctica with a high-resolution inexpensive radar system. The formation of layering boundaries, their resultant electromagnetic discontinuity and their detection by reflected energy are presented. Large returns from depths corresponding to reasonable positions for annual layers were found. The average accumulation rates calculated from the radar returns agree with those measured in a previous pit study done in the same area. The detection of the annual accumulation layers with this system implies a simple, inexpensive mobile radar could be used to profile large areas allowing the distorting effects of local topography to be removed.This type of system with a concurrent pit study could provide insight into the effect of sub-surface strata on spaceborne or airborne microwave remote sensing. |
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Snow-stratification investigation on an Antarctic ice stream with an X-band radar system |
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Snow-stratification investigation on an Antarctic ice stream with an X-band radar system |
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Snow-stratification investigation on an Antarctic ice stream with an X-band radar system |
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Snow-stratification investigation on an Antarctic ice stream with an X-band radar system |
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Snow-stratification investigation on an Antarctic ice stream with an X-band radar system |
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snow-stratification investigation on an antarctic ice stream with an x-band radar system |
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