Antarctic Ice Sheet and Radar Altimetry: A Review
Altimetry is probably one of the most powerful tools for ice sheet observation. Our vision of the Antarctic ice sheet has been deeply transformed since the launch of the ERS1 satellite in 1991. With the launch of ERS2 and Envisat, the series of altimetric observations now provides 19 years of contin...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2072-4292/1/4/1212/ 2023-08-20T04:02:31+02:00 Antarctic Ice Sheet and Radar Altimetry: A Review Frédérique Rémy Soazig Parouty agris 2009-12-07 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/rs1041212 EN eng Molecular Diversity Preservation International https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs1041212 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Remote Sensing; Volume 1; Issue 4; Pages: 1212-1239 Antarctica radar altimetry mass balance ice dynamics snow properties Text 2009 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/rs1041212 2023-07-31T20:23:52Z Altimetry is probably one of the most powerful tools for ice sheet observation. Our vision of the Antarctic ice sheet has been deeply transformed since the launch of the ERS1 satellite in 1991. With the launch of ERS2 and Envisat, the series of altimetric observations now provides 19 years of continuous and homogeneous observations that allow monitoring of the shape and volume of ice sheets. The topography deduced from altimetry is one of the relevant parameters revealing the processes acting on ice sheet. Moreover, altimeter also provides other parameters such as backscatter and waveform shape that give information on the surface roughness or snow pack characteristics. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet MDPI Open Access Publishing Antarctic The Antarctic Remote Sensing 1 4 1212 1239 |
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Altimetry is probably one of the most powerful tools for ice sheet observation. Our vision of the Antarctic ice sheet has been deeply transformed since the launch of the ERS1 satellite in 1991. With the launch of ERS2 and Envisat, the series of altimetric observations now provides 19 years of continuous and homogeneous observations that allow monitoring of the shape and volume of ice sheets. The topography deduced from altimetry is one of the relevant parameters revealing the processes acting on ice sheet. Moreover, altimeter also provides other parameters such as backscatter and waveform shape that give information on the surface roughness or snow pack characteristics. |
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