Backscatter model for the unusual radar properties of the Greenland ice sheet
A number of planetary objects exhibit large radar reflectivity and polarization ratios, and more recently, a similar behavior has been observed over a vast portion of the Earth's surface: the percolation facies of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Surface-based ranging radar data and snow stratigraphy s...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt1hd396sd 2023-05-15T16:24:33+02:00 Backscatter model for the unusual radar properties of the Greenland ice sheet Rignot, E 9389 - 9400 1995-01-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1hd396sd unknown eScholarship, University of California qt1hd396sd https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1hd396sd CC-BY CC-BY Journal of Geophysical Research, vol 100, iss E5 Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences article 1995 ftcdlib 2020-03-20T23:55:51Z A number of planetary objects exhibit large radar reflectivity and polarization ratios, and more recently, a similar behavior has been observed over a vast portion of the Earth's surface: the percolation facies of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Surface-based ranging radar data and snow stratigraphy studies demonstrated that the radar properties of that portion of Greenland are caused by enhanced scattering from massive, large, solid-ice bodies buried in the top few meters of the dry, cold, clean snowy surface of the ice sheet and created by seasonal melting and refreezing events. -from Author Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Ice Sheet University of California: eScholarship Greenland |
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A number of planetary objects exhibit large radar reflectivity and polarization ratios, and more recently, a similar behavior has been observed over a vast portion of the Earth's surface: the percolation facies of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Surface-based ranging radar data and snow stratigraphy studies demonstrated that the radar properties of that portion of Greenland are caused by enhanced scattering from massive, large, solid-ice bodies buried in the top few meters of the dry, cold, clean snowy surface of the ice sheet and created by seasonal melting and refreezing events. -from Author |
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Backscatter model for the unusual radar properties of the Greenland ice sheet |
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Backscatter model for the unusual radar properties of the Greenland ice sheet |
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Backscatter model for the unusual radar properties of the Greenland ice sheet |
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Backscatter model for the unusual radar properties of the Greenland ice sheet |
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Backscatter model for the unusual radar properties of the Greenland ice sheet |
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backscatter model for the unusual radar properties of the greenland ice sheet |
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eScholarship, University of California |
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Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Journal of Geophysical Research, vol 100, iss E5 |
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