Theory of Radio Echoes From Glacier Beds
Abstract We review the theory of interpreting the echoes received back at the source from a glacier bed illuminated with a wide-angle beam of quasimonochromatic radio waves. It is convenient wherever possible to separate bed relief into “geography” and “roughness”. “Geography” is the surface that re...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000034274 2024-03-03T08:46:08+00:00 Theory of Radio Echoes From Glacier Beds Berry, M. V. 1975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000034274 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000034274 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 15, issue 73, page 65-74 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1975 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000034274 2024-02-08T08:34:04Z Abstract We review the theory of interpreting the echoes received back at the source from a glacier bed illuminated with a wide-angle beam of quasimonochromatic radio waves. It is convenient wherever possible to separate bed relief into “geography” and “roughness”. “Geography” is the surface that results from horizontally smoothing the bed over distances comparable with the mean height h of the source above the bed. The geography can be deduced from the lime delays of specular reflections, provided these can be identified, “Roughness” is the statistics of the departures of the actual bed from the geography on scales down to about one-tenth of the predominant wavelength in the travelling pulse. The average height S and horizontal dimension L (where these quantities can be defined) of the irregularities can be deduced from measurements of the average value of the echo envelope p as a function of time delay. It is also possible to distinguish qualitatively different beds with the same S and L . If the source-receiver unit moves keeping h constant, then p fluctuates about its mean value. This “spatial fading” can be used to detect horizontal ice displacements of less than one hundredth of a wavelength. To detect vertical ice motion it is necessary to observe the phase of the echo. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 15 73 65 74 |
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Abstract We review the theory of interpreting the echoes received back at the source from a glacier bed illuminated with a wide-angle beam of quasimonochromatic radio waves. It is convenient wherever possible to separate bed relief into “geography” and “roughness”. “Geography” is the surface that results from horizontally smoothing the bed over distances comparable with the mean height h of the source above the bed. The geography can be deduced from the lime delays of specular reflections, provided these can be identified, “Roughness” is the statistics of the departures of the actual bed from the geography on scales down to about one-tenth of the predominant wavelength in the travelling pulse. The average height S and horizontal dimension L (where these quantities can be defined) of the irregularities can be deduced from measurements of the average value of the echo envelope p as a function of time delay. It is also possible to distinguish qualitatively different beds with the same S and L . If the source-receiver unit moves keeping h constant, then p fluctuates about its mean value. This “spatial fading” can be used to detect horizontal ice displacements of less than one hundredth of a wavelength. To detect vertical ice motion it is necessary to observe the phase of the echo. |
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Theory of Radio Echoes From Glacier Beds |
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Theory of Radio Echoes From Glacier Beds |
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