Topography, ice thickness and ice volume of the glacier Pedersenbreen in Svalbard, using GPR and GPS

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Songtao Ai, Zemin Wang, Dongchen E, Kim Holmén, Zhi Tan, Chunxia Zhou, Weijun Sun
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2014
• Subjects: GPR; GPS; glacier topography; ice volume; ice thickness; Pedersenbreen; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Svalbard; glacier; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.18533; https://doaj.org/article/b78df672ae0341c4b9d26197dc044512

Pedersenbreen is a small valley glacier (ca. 6 km2 in 2009), ending on land, located in north-western Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Ground-based radio-echo sounding in April 2009, using a 100-MHz commercial radar and a self-made low-frequency radar, revealed a polythermal structure. The radar was coupled w...