Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data
Space-based radio echo sounding of the continental ice sheets can potentially provide full coverage with uniform sampling and data quality as well as detection of change in environmentally sensitive areas. This paper addresses the feasibility of sounding the Antarctic ice sheets with a space-based P...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:522071 2023-05-15T13:41:42+02:00 Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data Dall, Jorgen Corr, Hugh F.J. Walker, Nick Rommen, Bjorn Lin, Ching-Chi 2018 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522071/ unknown IEEE Dall, Jorgen; Corr, Hugh F.J.; Walker, Nick; Rommen, Bjorn; Lin, Ching-Chi. 2018 Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Valencia, Spain, July 22-27, 2018. New York, IEEE, 4142-4145. Publication - Book Section NonPeerReviewed 2018 ftnerc 2023-02-04T19:47:38Z Space-based radio echo sounding of the continental ice sheets can potentially provide full coverage with uniform sampling and data quality as well as detection of change in environmentally sensitive areas. This paper addresses the feasibility of sounding the Antarctic ice sheets with a space-based P-band radar. The assessment firstly makes use of an electromagnetic model of the ice sheets where the key model parameters are determined from data that have been acquired in Antarctica with an airborne P-band ice sounding radar. The performance of a space-based radar with a nadir-looking geometry but otherwise similar to ESA's Biomass SAR, is then simulated for a set of Antarctic scenarios that are defined based on the statistics of key ice regions. It is found that in about 2/3 of the simulation scenarios clutter and/or thermal noise will obscure the echo from the ice bed. Book Part Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic The Antarctic |
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Space-based radio echo sounding of the continental ice sheets can potentially provide full coverage with uniform sampling and data quality as well as detection of change in environmentally sensitive areas. This paper addresses the feasibility of sounding the Antarctic ice sheets with a space-based P-band radar. The assessment firstly makes use of an electromagnetic model of the ice sheets where the key model parameters are determined from data that have been acquired in Antarctica with an airborne P-band ice sounding radar. The performance of a space-based radar with a nadir-looking geometry but otherwise similar to ESA's Biomass SAR, is then simulated for a set of Antarctic scenarios that are defined based on the statistics of key ice regions. It is found that in about 2/3 of the simulation scenarios clutter and/or thermal noise will obscure the echo from the ice bed. |
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Dall, Jorgen Corr, Hugh F.J. Walker, Nick Rommen, Bjorn Lin, Ching-Chi |
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Dall, Jorgen Corr, Hugh F.J. Walker, Nick Rommen, Bjorn Lin, Ching-Chi Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data |
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Dall, Jorgen Corr, Hugh F.J. Walker, Nick Rommen, Bjorn Lin, Ching-Chi |
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Dall, Jorgen |
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Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data |
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Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data |
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Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data |
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Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data |
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Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data |
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sounding the antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne p-band radar data |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522071/ |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet |
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Dall, Jorgen; Corr, Hugh F.J.; Walker, Nick; Rommen, Bjorn; Lin, Ching-Chi. 2018 Sounding the Antarctic ice sheet from space: a feasibility study based on airborne P-band radar data. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Valencia, Spain, July 22-27, 2018. New York, IEEE, 4142-4145. |
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