Radar Backscatter Cross-Sections and Ice Characterization for May 1977 Point Barrow Experiment.

Radar backscatter measurements were made of shorefast sea ice and fresh water ice near Point Barrow, Alaska, in May 1977 with a transportable microwave spectrometer, TRAMAS, that swept from 1-2 GHz and 8-18 GHz, viewed angles from 10 to 70 deg from nadir, and had antenna transmit-receive polarizatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Onstott,R G, Moore,R K
Other Authors: KANSAS UNIV/CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC LAWRENCE REMOTE SENSING LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1983
Subjects:
Radiofrequency Wave Propagation
*Ice
*Electromagnetic scattering
Alaska
Sea ice
Lakes
Snow cover
Radar signals
L band
K band
Backscattering
Radar cross sections
Angles
Tables(Data)
Ice Lakes
Barrow
Point Barrow
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA130042
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA130042
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Summary:Radar backscatter measurements were made of shorefast sea ice and fresh water ice near Point Barrow, Alaska, in May 1977 with a transportable microwave spectrometer, TRAMAS, that swept from 1-2 GHz and 8-18 GHz, viewed angles from 10 to 70 deg from nadir, and had antenna transmit-receive polarizations of vertical-vertical, horizontal-horizontal, vertical-horizontal, and horizontal-vertical. Thick first-year sea ice, multiyear sea ice, a small first-year pressure-ridge, and fresh water lake ice were investigated. Included herein are the radar backscatter cross-sections and ice characterization data. (Author)

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