A PC-Based Portable Ice-Radar Receiver
Abstract We have assembled a low-cost portable ice-radar receiver that is based on a personal computer (PC). The unit consists of a digital storage oscilloscope controlled by a lap-top PC. The total weight is 22 kg. The radar wave forms are digitized by the oscilloscope, displayed on the computer sc...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000009515 2024-03-03T08:36:17+00:00 A PC-Based Portable Ice-Radar Receiver Hammond, W.R. Sprenke, K.F. 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000009515 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000009515 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 36, issue 123, page 255-257 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1990 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000009515 2024-02-08T08:32:56Z Abstract We have assembled a low-cost portable ice-radar receiver that is based on a personal computer (PC). The unit consists of a digital storage oscilloscope controlled by a lap-top PC. The total weight is 22 kg. The radar wave forms are digitized by the oscilloscope, displayed on the computer screen, and stored on a floppy diskette. All components are commercially available at a cost below $2000 U.S. The radar receiver has proved to be very versatile because the computing capabilities of an IBM-compatible PC are available in the field to control signal acquisition, to display radar wave forms in near-real time, and to perform sophisticated signal processing as measurements are taken. The PC-based ice-radar receiver was used for ice-thickness and bedrock power-reflection coefficient surveys of Mount Estelle glacier in the Alaska Range, Alaska, in 1988. Article in Journal/Newspaper alaska range glacier Journal of Glaciology Alaska Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 36 123 255 257 |
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Abstract We have assembled a low-cost portable ice-radar receiver that is based on a personal computer (PC). The unit consists of a digital storage oscilloscope controlled by a lap-top PC. The total weight is 22 kg. The radar wave forms are digitized by the oscilloscope, displayed on the computer screen, and stored on a floppy diskette. All components are commercially available at a cost below $2000 U.S. The radar receiver has proved to be very versatile because the computing capabilities of an IBM-compatible PC are available in the field to control signal acquisition, to display radar wave forms in near-real time, and to perform sophisticated signal processing as measurements are taken. The PC-based ice-radar receiver was used for ice-thickness and bedrock power-reflection coefficient surveys of Mount Estelle glacier in the Alaska Range, Alaska, in 1988. |
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A PC-Based Portable Ice-Radar Receiver |
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A PC-Based Portable Ice-Radar Receiver |
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A PC-Based Portable Ice-Radar Receiver |
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A PC-Based Portable Ice-Radar Receiver |
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A PC-Based Portable Ice-Radar Receiver |
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pc-based portable ice-radar receiver |
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alaska range glacier Journal of Glaciology Alaska |
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