Low-frequency radar sounding of temperate ice masses in Southern Alaska

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Rignot, E, Mouginot, J, Larsen, CF, Gim, Y, Kirchner, D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2013
• Subjects: Hubbard Glacier; glacier; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6jp4z8vh

We present the Warm Ice Sounding Explorer (WISE), a low-frequency (2.5 MHz) radar for the sounding of temperate ice. WISE deployment in southern Alaska in 2008 and 2012 provides comprehensive measurements of glacier thickness, reveals deep valleys beneath glaciers and the full extent of zones ground...