Interferometric System for Measuring Thickness of Sea Ice

The cryospheric advanced sensor (CAS) is a developmental airborne (and, potentially, spaceborne) radar-based instrumentation system for measuring and mapping the thickness of sea ice. A planned future version of the system would also provide data on the thickness of snow covering sea ice. Frequent m...

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Main Authors: Gogineni, Prasad, Jordan, Rolando, Akins, Torry, Hussein, Ziad, Kugo, Yasuo, Holt, Benjamin, Jaruwatanadilok, Semsak, Ishimaru, Akira, Huang, John, McDonald, Kyle
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Published: 2006
Subjects:
Instrumentation and Photography
Sea ice
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20110012963
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Summary:The cryospheric advanced sensor (CAS) is a developmental airborne (and, potentially, spaceborne) radar-based instrumentation system for measuring and mapping the thickness of sea ice. A planned future version of the system would also provide data on the thickness of snow covering sea ice. Frequent measurements of the thickness of polar ocean sea ice and its snow cover on a synoptic scale are critical to understanding global climate change and ocean circulation.

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