Analysis of Airborne Electromagnetic Systems for Mapping Thickness of Sea Ice.

• Main Authors: Becker,A, Morrison,H, Smits,K
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY NSTL STATION MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Magnetic & Electric Fld Detection & Detectors; *Sea ice; *Electromagnetic fields; Thickness; Remote detectors; Airborne; Magnetic fields; Secondary; Magnetic detection; Electrical resistance; Airborne electromagnetic detection; Resistivity; PE62759N; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA139786; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA139786

This report is part of our research program addressing AEM ice thickness determination and will demonstrate that the Navy requirements for rapid airborne methods for mapping ice thickness, in real time, can be accomplished with AEM techniques. At present, there are not reliable airborne techniques for measuring directly sea ice thickness, although impulse radar has yielded promising results by implying sea ice thickness from ice roughness measurements.