Use of Side-Looking Airborne Radar to Determine Lake Depth on the Alaskan North Slope

• Main Authors: Sellmann,P., Weeks,W. F., Campbell,W. J.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1975
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ALASKA; *ICE; *LAKES; THICKNESS; COASTAL REGIONS; AIRBORNE; RADAR IMAGES; DEPTH; FRESH WATER; CLASSIFICATION; SIDE LOOKING RADAR; BRACKISH WATER; Ice cover; Remote sensing; Lake ice; Ice Lakes; Barrow; Ice; north slope; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA011249; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA011249

Side-looking airborne radar (SLAR) imagery obtained in April-May 1974 from the North Slope of Alaska between Barrow and Harrison Bay indicates that tundra lakes can be separated into two classes based on the strength of the radar returns. Correlations between the areal patterns of the returns, limit...