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: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 http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1hd396sd english eng eScholarship, University of California qt1hd396sd http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1hd396sd Attribution (CC BY): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rignot, E. (1995). Backscatter model for the unusual radar properties of the Greenland ice sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100(E5), 9389 - 9400. doi:10.1029/95JE00485. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1hd396sd article 1995 ftcdlib https://doi.org/10.1029/95JE00485 2018-02-16T23:51:38Z 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 Journal of Geophysical Research 100 E5 9389 |
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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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Rignot, E. (1995). Backscatter model for the unusual radar properties of the Greenland ice sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100(E5), 9389 - 9400. doi:10.1029/95JE00485. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1hd396sd |
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