PATHFINDER ADVANCED RADAR ICE SOUNDER: PARIS

Demonstration of ice thickness sounding from a high-altitude airborne radar was the prime objective of the PARIS NASA Instrument Incubator Project. This paper describes key features of the system, including the radar and the processing algorithm. Test flights over the ice sheets of Greenland produce...

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Main Authors: R. Keith Raney, Carl Leuschen, Marshall Jose
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.503.4123
http://esto.gsfc.nasa.gov/conferences/estc2008/papers/Raney_Keith_B5P1.pdf
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Summary:Demonstration of ice thickness sounding from a high-altitude airborne radar was the prime objective of the PARIS NASA Instrument Incubator Project. This paper describes key features of the system, including the radar and the processing algorithm. Test flights over the ice sheets of Greenland produced good