Backscatter Properties of Sea Ice with Radar. Arctic Operations Description and Preliminary Data Summary.

Active microwave responses of sea ice and lake ice were investigated at sites located off the North Alaskan Coast in the Arctic Ocean. The experimenters were ground-based at the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, NARL, located outside of Barrow, Alaska, during May 1977, an early spring month in the A...

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Main Authors: Onstott,R G, Dome,G J, Hand,R A, Hague,James, Pape,H
Other Authors: KANSAS UNIV/CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC LAWRENCE REMOTE SENSING LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1977
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment
*RADAR CROSS SECTIONS
*SEA ICE
DENSITY
TEMPERATURE
POLARIZATION
SURFACE ROUGHNESS
BACKSCATTERING
DATA ACQUISITION
SALINITY
MOISTURE
LAKES
FREQUENCY RESPONSE
RADAR SIGNATURES
SURFACE TRUTH
KU BAND
L BAND
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Barrow
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA052711
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA052711
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Summary:Active microwave responses of sea ice and lake ice were investigated at sites located off the North Alaskan Coast in the Arctic Ocean. The experimenters were ground-based at the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, NARL, located outside of Barrow, Alaska, during May 1977, an early spring month in the Arctic. Microwave equipment was mounted on a portable A-frame type support system which was transported to test sites via sled and snowmobile and assembled. Data were acquired at numerous microwave frequencies, receive-transmit polarizations, and angles of incidence for 5 sea ice and 2 lake ice types. This memo documents the experiment and the experimental procedure; and lists the raw experimental data. (Author)

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