GPR and GPS data integration: examples of application in Antarctica

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Global Positioning System (GPS) techniques were employed in snow accumulation studies during the Italian leg of the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE). The acquired data were useful both for glaciological and climatological studies. This pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Annals of Geophysics
Main Authors: S. Gandolfi, L. Vittuari, S. Urbini
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) 2001
Subjects:
GPR
GPS
geophysics
geodesy
antartica
Meteorology. Climatology
QC851-999
Geophysics. Cosmic physics
QC801-809
Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
antartic*
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-3568
https://doaj.org/article/30e29fe5ea5b47d1b13196e838c06417
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Summary:Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Global Positioning System (GPS) techniques were employed in snow accumulation studies during the Italian leg of the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE). The acquired data were useful both for glaciological and climatological studies. This paper presents some results obtained by GPR and GPS data integration employed to determine accumulation/ablation processes along the profile of the traverse that show how the snow-sublayer thickness can vary quickly in just a few kilometres. Some examples of data integration employed in detection and characterisation of buried crevasses are also presented.

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