Towards a common terminology in radioglaciology
Over the past 70 years, many different components of the cryosphere have been imaged with a variety of radar systems using increasingly sophisticated processing techniques. These systems use various pulse lengths, signal frequencies and, in some cases, modulated signals. The increasing diversity of...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:71d6cbcb800c442d8d89e168f1d6ed3f 2023-11-12T04:01:26+01:00 Towards a common terminology in radioglaciology Rebecca Schlegel Bernd Kulessa Tavi Murray Olaf Eisen 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.2 https://doaj.org/article/71d6cbcb800c442d8d89e168f1d6ed3f EN eng Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305523000022/type/journal_article https://doaj.org/toc/0260-3055 https://doaj.org/toc/1727-5644 doi:10.1017/aog.2023.2 0260-3055 1727-5644 https://doaj.org/article/71d6cbcb800c442d8d89e168f1d6ed3f Annals of Glaciology, Vol 63, Pp 8-12 (2022) Airborne electromagnetic soundings applied glaciology glacier geophysics ground-penetrating radar radio-echo sounding Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.2 2023-10-15T00:35:59Z Over the past 70 years, many different components of the cryosphere have been imaged with a variety of radar systems using increasingly sophisticated processing techniques. These systems use various pulse lengths, signal frequencies and, in some cases, modulated signals. The increasing diversity of radar systems has created the potential for confusion due to the use of non-consistent terminology. Here we provide an overview of state-of-the-science radar technologies and suggest a simplified and unified terminology for use by the cryosphere community. We recommend a terminology that is target independent but specifies the characteristics of the signal. Following this recommendation, commercial impulse systems that penetrate the subsurface should be referred to as ground-penetrating radar (GPR), and pulse radars as radio-echo sounding (RES). Continuous-wave (CW) radar systems should be referred to as ground-penetrating CW radars. We further suggest any additional characterisation of the system be expressed using descriptors that specify the platform it is mounted on (e.g. airborne) or the frequency range (e.g. HF (high frequency)) or modulation (e.g. FM (frequency modulated)). Article in Journal/Newspaper Annals of Glaciology Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Annals of Glaciology 1 5 |
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Over the past 70 years, many different components of the cryosphere have been imaged with a variety of radar systems using increasingly sophisticated processing techniques. These systems use various pulse lengths, signal frequencies and, in some cases, modulated signals. The increasing diversity of radar systems has created the potential for confusion due to the use of non-consistent terminology. Here we provide an overview of state-of-the-science radar technologies and suggest a simplified and unified terminology for use by the cryosphere community. We recommend a terminology that is target independent but specifies the characteristics of the signal. Following this recommendation, commercial impulse systems that penetrate the subsurface should be referred to as ground-penetrating radar (GPR), and pulse radars as radio-echo sounding (RES). Continuous-wave (CW) radar systems should be referred to as ground-penetrating CW radars. We further suggest any additional characterisation of the system be expressed using descriptors that specify the platform it is mounted on (e.g. airborne) or the frequency range (e.g. HF (high frequency)) or modulation (e.g. FM (frequency modulated)). |
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