Radar Sensor for an Autonomous Antarctic Explorer

• Main Authors: Alex Foessel Dimi, Alex Foessel, Dimi Apostolopoulos, William "red Whittaker
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Antarctica; GPR; robotic explorers; meteorite search; Antarctic; Patriot Hills; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.46.814; http://www.ri.cmu.edu/pub_files/pub2/foessel_alex_1999_1/foessel_alex_1999_1.ps.gz

The localization and identification of antarctic meteorites is a task of great scientific interest and with implications to planetary exploration. Autonomous search for antarctic meteorites presents a profound technical challenge. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) holds the prospect to safeguard antarc...