Detection of subsurface permafrost features with ground‐penetrating radar, Barrow, Alaska

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: K. M. Hinkel, J. A. Doolittle, J. G. Bockheim, F. E. Nelson, R. Paetzold, J. M. Kimble, R. Travis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: La Table; Active layer monitoring; Barrow; Ice; permafrost; wedge*; Alaska; pergélisol
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.369

A ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) survey was conducted in May 1999 on the 1 km2 Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) grid 5 km east of Barrow, Alaska. Spatially continuous measurements were collected along established transects while the active layer remained frozen. The primary objectives were...