A novel technique for characterizing the thickness of first-year sea ice with the GPS reflected signal

We have examined the characteristics of the GPS signal reflected off the sea ice surface and collected by an airborne or spaceborne receiver, forming a bistatic radar. The constellation of existing transmitters allows gathering bistatic reflections off the sea ice surface at different incidence angl...

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Main Authors: Zuffada, C., Zavorotny, V.
Language:English
Published: 2004
Subjects:
GPS ice thickness rough surface scattering
Sea ice
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2014/10988
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spelling ftnasajpl:oai:trs.jpl.nasa.gov:2014/10988 2023-05-15T18:16:51+02:00 A novel technique for characterizing the thickness of first-year sea ice with the GPS reflected signal Zuffada, C. Zavorotny, V. 2004-09-17T19:44:25Z 2600859 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2014/10988 en_US eng Fall Meeting 2002 San Francisco, CA, USA 02-2891 http://hdl.handle.net/2014/10988 GPS ice thickness rough surface scattering 2004 ftnasajpl 2021-12-23T13:15:40Z We have examined the characteristics of the GPS signal reflected off the sea ice surface and collected by an airborne or spaceborne receiver, forming a bistatic radar. The constellation of existing transmitters allows gathering bistatic reflections off the sea ice surface at different incidence angles over the course of a day, in contrast to a traditional radar that measures backscattering. We expect to see a strong coherent signal which is much higher than the incoherent one because of forward reflections from very smooth (particularly at L-band) and highly saline first year ice. Other/Unknown Material Sea ice JPL Technical Report Server
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spellingShingle GPS ice thickness rough surface scattering
Zuffada, C.
Zavorotny, V.
A novel technique for characterizing the thickness of first-year sea ice with the GPS reflected signal
topic_facet GPS ice thickness rough surface scattering
description We have examined the characteristics of the GPS signal reflected off the sea ice surface and collected by an airborne or spaceborne receiver, forming a bistatic radar. The constellation of existing transmitters allows gathering bistatic reflections off the sea ice surface at different incidence angles over the course of a day, in contrast to a traditional radar that measures backscattering. We expect to see a strong coherent signal which is much higher than the incoherent one because of forward reflections from very smooth (particularly at L-band) and highly saline first year ice.
author Zuffada, C.
Zavorotny, V.
author_facet Zuffada, C.
Zavorotny, V.
author_sort Zuffada, C.
title A novel technique for characterizing the thickness of first-year sea ice with the GPS reflected signal
title_short A novel technique for characterizing the thickness of first-year sea ice with the GPS reflected signal
title_full A novel technique for characterizing the thickness of first-year sea ice with the GPS reflected signal
title_fullStr A novel technique for characterizing the thickness of first-year sea ice with the GPS reflected signal
title_full_unstemmed A novel technique for characterizing the thickness of first-year sea ice with the GPS reflected signal
title_sort novel technique for characterizing the thickness of first-year sea ice with the gps reflected signal
publishDate 2004
url http://hdl.handle.net/2014/10988
genre Sea ice
genre_facet Sea ice
op_relation Fall Meeting 2002
San Francisco, CA, USA
02-2891
http://hdl.handle.net/2014/10988
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