Estimation of Basal Heat Flux Over Ice-Covered Areas From Radio Echo-Sounding
Abstract Two fundamental boundary conditions for basal ice may be recognized by radio echo-sounding: ice–rock and ice–water interfaces. The latter is identified on the basis of horizontal echoes displaying slow fading, high persistent returned power, and with a reflection coefficient lying between –...
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| container_title | Journal of Glaciology |
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| description | Abstract Two fundamental boundary conditions for basal ice may be recognized by radio echo-sounding: ice–rock and ice–water interfaces. The latter is identified on the basis of horizontal echoes displaying slow fading, high persistent returned power, and with a reflection coefficient lying between –1 and –3 dB. Such water, located beneath an ice sheet, provides a known limiting condition to the vertical temperature profile and allows more precise calculation of the basal temperature gradient and estimation of the heat flux through the sole. |
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| genre | Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology ice covered areas |
| genre_facet | Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology ice covered areas |
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| op_source | Journal of Glaciology volume 23, issue 89, page 405-406 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 |
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| spelling | crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000030021 2025-01-16T22:26:05+00:00 Estimation of Basal Heat Flux Over Ice-Covered Areas From Radio Echo-Sounding Drewry, David J. 1979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000030021 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000030021 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 23, issue 89, page 405-406 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1979 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000030021 2024-03-08T00:35:19Z Abstract Two fundamental boundary conditions for basal ice may be recognized by radio echo-sounding: ice–rock and ice–water interfaces. The latter is identified on the basis of horizontal echoes displaying slow fading, high persistent returned power, and with a reflection coefficient lying between –1 and –3 dB. Such water, located beneath an ice sheet, provides a known limiting condition to the vertical temperature profile and allows more precise calculation of the basal temperature gradient and estimation of the heat flux through the sole. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology ice covered areas Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 23 89 405 406 |
| spellingShingle | Earth-Surface Processes Drewry, David J. Estimation of Basal Heat Flux Over Ice-Covered Areas From Radio Echo-Sounding |
| title | Estimation of Basal Heat Flux Over Ice-Covered Areas From Radio Echo-Sounding |
| title_full | Estimation of Basal Heat Flux Over Ice-Covered Areas From Radio Echo-Sounding |
| title_fullStr | Estimation of Basal Heat Flux Over Ice-Covered Areas From Radio Echo-Sounding |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimation of Basal Heat Flux Over Ice-Covered Areas From Radio Echo-Sounding |
| title_short | Estimation of Basal Heat Flux Over Ice-Covered Areas From Radio Echo-Sounding |
| title_sort | estimation of basal heat flux over ice-covered areas from radio echo-sounding |
| topic | Earth-Surface Processes |
| topic_facet | Earth-Surface Processes |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000030021 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000030021 |