Radio-echo soundings of sub-polar glaciers with low-frequency radar

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Hagen, Jon Ove, Sætrang, Arne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1991
• Subjects: Svalbard; Kongsvegen; glacier; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2353; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v9i1.6782

Air-borne radio-echo soundings of sub-polar glaciers in Svalbard have previously been carried out by Soviet scientists using high frequency radar units of 620 and 440 MHz. Later a British/Norwegian group made soundings with 60 MHz equipment. The high frequency radar units seemed to underestimate the...