EXPLORING THE ANTARCTIC WITH ICE-SOUNDING RADAR

The paper presents a brief history of Signal Corps radar ice-depth sounding, discusses past, present and proposed measuring techniques, and details the first ice-depth survey flights ever attempted operationally. These, conducted at thirteen points along 1,000 miles of Antarctic coastline in early 1...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Waite,Amory H., Schmidt,Stanley J.
Other Authors: ARMY ELECTRONICS COMMAND FORT MONMOUTH N J
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1965
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment
(*RADAR REFLECTIONS
*MARINE GEOPHYSICS)
(*DEPTH FINDING
RADAR SIGNALS)
(*GLACIERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS)
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTIONS
REFLECTORS
RADAR EQUIPMENT
MAPPING
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
GREENLAND
OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY
CONTINENTAL SHELVES
ADSORPTION
SURVEYING(GEOGRAPHIC)
Antarctic
Greenland
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0664162
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0664162
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Summary:The paper presents a brief history of Signal Corps radar ice-depth sounding, discusses past, present and proposed measuring techniques, and details the first ice-depth survey flights ever attempted operationally. These, conducted at thirteen points along 1,000 miles of Antarctic coastline in early 1962, discovered several previously unknown geographical features through as much as 1,000 feet of ice, in an aggregate flying time of less than seven hours. (Author) Prepared for presentation at Army Science Conference, West Point, N. Y. Jun 62.

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