Airborne radio echo sounding on the Shirase Glacier and its drainage basin, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Makoto Wada, Shinji Mae
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1981
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; East Antarctica; Shirase Glacier; Pilatus; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00008239; https://doaj.org/article/8beda58e83eb4f83bd1184ad129dce18

Airborne radio echo sounding carried out on the Shirase Glacier and its drainage basin in January 1980 is described. The new sounder (NIPR-A) was operated at 179 MHz on board a Pilatus Porter PC-6. Analysis of the continuous records of the sounding gave the bedrock topography along the flow line as...