Estimation of ice fabric within Whillans Ice Stream using polarimetric phase-sensitive radar sounding

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Jordan, Thomas M., Schroeder, Dustin M., Elsworth, Cooper W., Siegfried, Matthew R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Anisotropic ice; radio-echo sounding; ice crystal studies; ice streams; Mercer; Mercer Ice Stream; West Antarctica; Whillans; Whillans Ice Stream; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1983/340eaedf-a867-484c-858f-b3d4509fb591; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/340eaedf-a867-484c-858f-b3d4509fb591; https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2020.6; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/220748502/Full_text_PDF_final_published_version_.pdf

Here we use polarimetric measurements from an Autonomous phase-sensitive Radio-Echo Sounder (ApRES) to investigate ice fabric within Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica. The survey traverse is bounded at one end by the suture zone with the Mercer Ice Stream and at the other end by a basal ‘sticky s...