Ground-penetrating radar data from Lirung and Langtang Glaciers, Nepal, 2015

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) was used to test glacier ice thickness/glacier bed detectability on debris-covered Himalayan glaciers at a range of frequencies in glacier long- and cross- profiles and at static points. The survey sites were of the Lirung and Langtang Glaciers in the Langtang National...

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Main Author: Pritchard, Hamish
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Polar Data Centre; British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council; Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK. 2017
Subjects:
"EARTH SCIENCE","CLIMATE INDICATORS","CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS","GLACIAL MEASUREMENTS","GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE"
"EARTH SCIENCE","CLIMATE INDICATORS","CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS","GLACIAL MEASUREMENTS","GLACIER/ICE SHEET THICKNESS"
"EARTH SCIENCE","TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE","GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS","GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE"
"EARTH SCIENCE","TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE","GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS","GLACIER THICKNESS/ICE SHEET THICKNESS"
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/b14057b1-1951-45a0-a055-7d0d17102263
https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00921
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Summary:Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) was used to test glacier ice thickness/glacier bed detectability on debris-covered Himalayan glaciers at a range of frequencies in glacier long- and cross- profiles and at static points. The survey sites were of the Lirung and Langtang Glaciers in the Langtang National Park, Nepal, where debris cover thickness varied from centimetres to several metres. The radar used was the BAS DELORES dipole pulse radar system, operating at 5MHz, 10MHz, 20MHZ and 40MHz. Data were acquired as a stop-go survey at 2-4m intervals on partially snow-covered and entirely debris-covered glacier surfaces in temperatures close to freezing, with a diurnal freeze-thaw cycle.

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