The Influence of Bubbles on the Seasonal SAR Backscatter Response of Perennially Ice-Covered Lakes, Antarctica

• Main Author: Gaudreau, Adam
• Other Authors: Lacelle, Denis
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2023
• Subjects: Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Antarctica; perennially ice-cover lake; bubbles; dissolved gas; Antarctic; Arctic; East Antarctica; Untersee; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/45641; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-29845

Antarctica is home to numerous perennially ice-covered (PIC) lakes that host rich benthic microbial ecosystems. These lakes are covered by a thick floating ice cover year-round and often have water columns supersaturated in dissolved gases, resulting in heavily bubbled ice covers, altering the optic...