A framework for attenuation method selection evaluated with ice-penetrating radar data at South Pole Lake

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Benjamin H. Hills, Knut Christianson, Nicholas Holschuh
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic glaciology; glacier geophysics; ice temperature; radio-echo sounding; subglacial lakes; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; South Pole; New Ground; Pole Lake; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2020.32; https://doaj.org/article/1cd451bd11024d56b02fce9fece33ef9

All radar power interpretations require a correction for attenuative losses. Moreover, radar attenuation is a proxy for ice-column properties, such as temperature and chemistry. Prior studies use either paired thermodynamic and conductivity models or the radar data themselves to calculate attenuatio...