Development of a high resolution ice echo sounder for Arctic ice sheet

Author

Suitz, Takeshi ; Okamoto, Ken´ichi ; Maeno, Hideo ; Uratsuka, Seiho

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Lab., Minist. of Posts & Telecommun., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

4

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

2401

Abstract

An ice core experiment conducted jointly by Japan and Canada was initiated in the Arctic region three years ago. It is now planned to drill the ice cap in the Canadian Arctic which would yield ice samples that have been in existence for hundreds of years. To start this study, ion concentrations, micro particles chemistry and the electrical properties of the ice and melt water having been measured to reconstruct paleoclimate/environment in the Arctic region. In order to support this program, a new type of echo sounder has been developed by Communications Research Laboratory (CRL). It has a capability of detecting the structure of ice beneath a surface with high resolution

Keywords

geophysical equipment; glaciology; hydrological equipment; hydrological techniques; radar applications; radar equipment; Arctic ice sheet; Canada; Canadian Arctic; EM echo sounder; L-band; UHF radar; acoustic sounding; glaciology; high resolution ice echo sounder; ice core experiment; measurement technique; polar ice sheet; Antarctica; Arctic; Chemicals; Ice surface; Pulse measurements; Refractive index; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Space vector pulse width modulation; Surface reconstruction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399750

Filename

399750