Sea Ice from Below: Sonar Techniques
Under-ice sonar surveys were carried out in pack-ice fields near Fletcher’s Ice Island and at two sites north of Pt. Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A. A narrow-beam scanning sonar was used to measure the location and relative back-scattering of features on the under surface of Arctic sea ice. The 48 kHz sonar...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000034626 2024-03-03T08:42:06+00:00 Sea Ice from Below: Sonar Techniques Clay, C. S. Kan, T. K. Berkson, J. M. 1975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000034626 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000034626 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 15, issue 73, page 463-464 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1975 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000034626 2024-02-08T08:42:50Z Under-ice sonar surveys were carried out in pack-ice fields near Fletcher’s Ice Island and at two sites north of Pt. Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A. A narrow-beam scanning sonar was used to measure the location and relative back-scattering of features on the under surface of Arctic sea ice. The 48 kHz sonar had a 1.5° by 51 ° beam width. Graphic records displaying the range and relative scattering levels were assembled into sonar maps which display location and shape of under-ice features. Two distinct types of back-scattering were found: (1) very high-level back-scattering from well defined under-ice ridges and (2) very low back-scattering from areas between ridges. Higher scattering at ridges was probably due to an increase of roughness and tilting of the average plane of the scattering surface. To measure depths of features, the sonar transducer was adjusted to give a wide horizontal beam and a narrow vertical beam. Polar scans were taken at several depths of the transducer to determine depths of ridges. The tops and bottoms of features were compared and the average ratio of peak elevation to keel depth was about 1:7. Fuller accounts of some of this work have been published elsewhere (Berkson and others, 1973; Clay and Leong, 1974; Kan and others, 1974}. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barrow Journal of Glaciology Sea ice Alaska Cambridge University Press Arctic Fuller ENVELOPE(162.350,162.350,-77.867,-77.867) Tilting ENVELOPE(-54.065,-54.065,49.700,49.700) Journal of Glaciology 15 73 463 464 |
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Under-ice sonar surveys were carried out in pack-ice fields near Fletcher’s Ice Island and at two sites north of Pt. Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A. A narrow-beam scanning sonar was used to measure the location and relative back-scattering of features on the under surface of Arctic sea ice. The 48 kHz sonar had a 1.5° by 51 ° beam width. Graphic records displaying the range and relative scattering levels were assembled into sonar maps which display location and shape of under-ice features. Two distinct types of back-scattering were found: (1) very high-level back-scattering from well defined under-ice ridges and (2) very low back-scattering from areas between ridges. Higher scattering at ridges was probably due to an increase of roughness and tilting of the average plane of the scattering surface. To measure depths of features, the sonar transducer was adjusted to give a wide horizontal beam and a narrow vertical beam. Polar scans were taken at several depths of the transducer to determine depths of ridges. The tops and bottoms of features were compared and the average ratio of peak elevation to keel depth was about 1:7. Fuller accounts of some of this work have been published elsewhere (Berkson and others, 1973; Clay and Leong, 1974; Kan and others, 1974}. |
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Sea Ice from Below: Sonar Techniques |
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Sea Ice from Below: Sonar Techniques |
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