Multipolarizational signatures of snow compared to snowpack properties in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Rotschky, G., Rack, Wolfgang, Oerter, Hans
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Dronning Maud Land; Ekströmisen; Kohnen; Kohnen Station; Neumayer; Antarc*; Antarctica; EPICA; ice core; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/10203/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/10203/1/Rot2004b.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.20693; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.20693.d001

The knowledge of snow pack properties and its temporal and spatial variability are of importance for the interpretation of backscattered signals in the microwave region. For example, forthcoming radar altimetric satellite missions, like ESA's CRYOSAT, aim at improved measurements of both ice su...