A VERY SHORT PULSE C-BAND RADAR FOR CREVASSE DETECTION

• Main Authors: スイヅ タケシ, ウラツカ セイホ, タカハシ アキラ, ヤマサキ ヒロミチ, カマタ ミツヒコ, オカモト ケンイチ, ニシオ フミヒコ, ワタナベ オキツグ, Takeshi SUITZ, Seiho URATSUKA, Akira TAKAHASHI, Hiromichi YAMASAKI, Mitsuhiko KAMATA, Ken'ichi OKAMOTO, Fumihiko NISHIO, Okitsugu WATANABE
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Communications Research Laboratory 1991
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar meteorology and glaciology; Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Glaciology
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=3647; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00003647/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=3647&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

A very short pulse C-band radar system to detect hidden crevasses in Antarctica has been developed. The characteristics of the new radar system are shown. A preliminary experiment to measure the distances of four targets made of plywood board was done in a laboratory to confirm the fundamental characteristics of the radar. Another preliminary experiment to detect the walls of a pit dug in a snow pile was performed by the radar to determine the usefulness of this radar for crevasse detection.