Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data
Space-based radio echo sounding of the continental ice sheets can potentially provide full coverage with uniform sampling and data quality as well as detection of change in environmentally sensitive areas. This paper addresses the feasibility of sounding the Antarctic ice sheets with a space-based P...
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ftdtupubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/c15f95b8-9fba-488f-8f97-83f31a678485 2023-12-24T10:10:41+01:00 Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data Dall, Jørgen Corr, Hugh F. J. Walker, Nick Rommen, Bjorn Lin, Chung-Chi 2018 https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/c15f95b8-9fba-488f-8f97-83f31a678485 https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8518826 eng eng IEEE https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/c15f95b8-9fba-488f-8f97-83f31a678485 urn:ISBN:978-1-5386-7150-4 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Dall , J , Corr , H F J , Walker , N , Rommen , B & Lin , C-C 2018 , Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data . in IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium . IEEE , IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings , pp. 4142-4145 , 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium , Valencia , Spain , 22/07/2018 . https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8518826 Radar Ice sheets Antartics Sounding Electromagnetic model P-band Satellite contributionToPeriodical 2018 ftdtupubl https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8518826 2023-11-30T00:02:36Z Space-based radio echo sounding of the continental ice sheets can potentially provide full coverage with uniform sampling and data quality as well as detection of change in environmentally sensitive areas. This paper addresses the feasibility of sounding the Antarctic ice sheets with a space-based P-band radar. The assessment firstly makes use of an electromagnetic model of the ice sheets where the key model parameters are determined from data that have been acquired in Antarctica with an airborne P-band ice sounding radar. The performance of a space-based radar with a nadir-looking geometry but otherwise similar to ESA's Biomass SAR, is then simulated for a set of Antarctic scenarios that are defined based on the statistics of key ice regions. It is found that in about 2/3 of the simulation scenarios clutter and/or thermal noise will obscure the echo from the ice bed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica antartic* Ice Sheet Technical University of Denmark: DTU Orbit Antarctic The Antarctic IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 4142 4145 |
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Space-based radio echo sounding of the continental ice sheets can potentially provide full coverage with uniform sampling and data quality as well as detection of change in environmentally sensitive areas. This paper addresses the feasibility of sounding the Antarctic ice sheets with a space-based P-band radar. The assessment firstly makes use of an electromagnetic model of the ice sheets where the key model parameters are determined from data that have been acquired in Antarctica with an airborne P-band ice sounding radar. The performance of a space-based radar with a nadir-looking geometry but otherwise similar to ESA's Biomass SAR, is then simulated for a set of Antarctic scenarios that are defined based on the statistics of key ice regions. It is found that in about 2/3 of the simulation scenarios clutter and/or thermal noise will obscure the echo from the ice bed. |
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Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data |
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Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data |
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Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data |
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Dall , J , Corr , H F J , Walker , N , Rommen , B & Lin , C-C 2018 , Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data . in IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium . IEEE , IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings , pp. 4142-4145 , 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium , Valencia , Spain , 22/07/2018 . https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8518826 |
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