Ice-sheet elevations from across-track processing of airborne interferometric radar altimetry
Interferometric Radar Altimeters (IRA's) use dual receive antennas to overcome one of the spatial limitations of pulse-limited altimeters. In a conventional IRA measurement, the range and across-track direction of a scatterer are determined using the phase difference between the antennas. We de...
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ftucl:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:75804 2024-10-13T14:03:22+00:00 Ice-sheet elevations from across-track processing of airborne interferometric radar altimetry Hawley, RL Shepherd, A Cullen, R Helm, V Wingham, DJ 2009-11-19 application/pdf https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/75804/1/2009GL040416.pdf https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/75804/ eng eng AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/75804/1/2009GL040416.pdf https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/75804/ open Geophysical Research Letters , 36 , Article L22501. (2009) Altimeter Interferometry Ice Article 2009 ftucl 2024-09-30T07:42:09Z Interferometric Radar Altimeters (IRA's) use dual receive antennas to overcome one of the spatial limitations of pulse-limited altimeters. In a conventional IRA measurement, the range and across-track direction of a scatterer are determined using the phase difference between the antennas. We demonstrate a method of determining multiple elevation points across a swath orthogonal to the instrument ground track in regions of steep terrain, such as ice-sheet margins. We use data from an airborne IRA (a prototype of the CryoSat-2 instrument), and compare the results to simultaneous Airborne Laser Scanner (ALS) observations. This application results in a 75-fold increase in measurement density compared to conventional radar altimetry. Along a similar to 2.5 km ground track, the RMS departure between the IRA- and ALS-derived measurements was 1.67 m. Based on our result, although our approach is limited to areas of relatively steep slope, a 25- to 75-fold increase in elevation measurements could be achieved in coastal regions of Antarctica and Greenland with similar processing of CryoSat-2 data. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Greenland Ice Sheet University College London: UCL Discovery Greenland |
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Interferometric Radar Altimeters (IRA's) use dual receive antennas to overcome one of the spatial limitations of pulse-limited altimeters. In a conventional IRA measurement, the range and across-track direction of a scatterer are determined using the phase difference between the antennas. We demonstrate a method of determining multiple elevation points across a swath orthogonal to the instrument ground track in regions of steep terrain, such as ice-sheet margins. We use data from an airborne IRA (a prototype of the CryoSat-2 instrument), and compare the results to simultaneous Airborne Laser Scanner (ALS) observations. This application results in a 75-fold increase in measurement density compared to conventional radar altimetry. Along a similar to 2.5 km ground track, the RMS departure between the IRA- and ALS-derived measurements was 1.67 m. Based on our result, although our approach is limited to areas of relatively steep slope, a 25- to 75-fold increase in elevation measurements could be achieved in coastal regions of Antarctica and Greenland with similar processing of CryoSat-2 data. |
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Hawley, RL Shepherd, A Cullen, R Helm, V Wingham, DJ |
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Hawley, RL Shepherd, A Cullen, R Helm, V Wingham, DJ |
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Ice-sheet elevations from across-track processing of airborne interferometric radar altimetry |
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Ice-sheet elevations from across-track processing of airborne interferometric radar altimetry |
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Ice-sheet elevations from across-track processing of airborne interferometric radar altimetry |
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Ice-sheet elevations from across-track processing of airborne interferometric radar altimetry |
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Ice-sheet elevations from across-track processing of airborne interferometric radar altimetry |
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ice-sheet elevations from across-track processing of airborne interferometric radar altimetry |
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Antarc* Antarctica Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Antarc* Antarctica Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Geophysical Research Letters , 36 , Article L22501. (2009) |
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