RADAR SOUNDING OF GLACIERS

Impulse radar was used by scientists in the Soviet Antarctic stations to measure the thickness of glaciers. The accuracy of the measurements are discussed, including the effect of the density of the ice on this accuracy. The maximum capabilities of this method of measurement are 1100-3000 meters dep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bogorodskii, V. V., Fedorov, B. A.
Other Authors: ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
THICKNESS
OCEANOGRAPHY
USSR
RADAR PULSES
SURFACES
DEPTH FINDING
CONFIGURATIONS
EFFICIENCY
ERRORS
*RADAR SOUNDING
TRANSLATIONS
Antarctic
Sovetskaya
Antarc*
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0839547
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Summary:Impulse radar was used by scientists in the Soviet Antarctic stations to measure the thickness of glaciers. The accuracy of the measurements are discussed, including the effect of the density of the ice on this accuracy. The maximum capabilities of this method of measurement are 1100-3000 meters depending on the amplitude and electromagnetic energy loss in glaciers. The radar can sound the depth of glaciers from an airplane or from the surface of the glacier. In this manner the sub-glacial relief can be mapped. (Author) Trans. of Sovetskaya Antarkticheskaya Ekspeditsiya. Informatsionnyi Byulleten (USSR) n65 p105-113 1967, by George G. Weickhardt.

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