Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) for Fine-resolution Basal Ice Sheet Imaging

This dissertation work was to examine the feasibility of InSAR through the ice sheets to create a fine resolution basal topography map and extraction of basal composition. InSAR was shown to be possible through the ice sheet, using data collected by the MCRDS radar around the NEEM drill site. Reflec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blake, William Arthur
Other Authors: Allen, Christopher, Leuschen, Carl, Blunt, Shannon, Prescott, Glenn, Braaten, David
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas 2010
Subjects:
Electronics and electrical engineering
Remote sensing
Climate change
Greenland
Ice sheets
Insar
Sar
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6757
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11127
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Summary:This dissertation work was to examine the feasibility of InSAR through the ice sheets to create a fine resolution basal topography map and extraction of basal composition. InSAR was shown to be possible through the ice sheet, using data collected by the MCRDS radar around the NEEM drill site. Reflectivity maps were generated leading to the possibility of extracting useful basal composition data. Extraction of basal composition information was examined including estimating the roughness of basal topography and removing the effects of local slope.

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