Ice measurements by Geosat radar altimetry

• Main Authors: Zwally, H. Jay, Bindschadler, Robert A., Major, Judy A., Brenner, Anita C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: 46; Antarctic; Greenland; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19870065239

Radar altimetry for ice-covered ocean and land is more complex and variable than open ocean radar altimetry; attention is presently given to Geosat ice-sheet topography for the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets between 72 deg N and 72 deg S which owes its excellent accuracy to the well separated spacing of the orbital tracks and an 18-month geodetic mission duration. A surface elevation map of southern Greenland, produced from 110 days of retracked Geosat data, is presented in color-coded three-dimensional perspective. Comparisons are made between Seasat and Geosat data for ice mass elevations in Greenland.