Low frequency permittivity measurements of sea ice

Author

Gouws, Gideon ; Ingham, Malcolm ; Buchanan, Sean ; Hibbard, Ann ; Mahoney, Andy ; Gough, Alec

Author_Institution

Sch. of Chem. & Phys. Sci., Victoria Univ. of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

fYear

2009

fDate

25-28 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

100

Lastpage

104

Abstract

A portable impedance measuring system and capacitive sensor array was developed to perform in situ measurements on sea ice. This equipment was installed close to McMurdo Sound in the Antarctic and measurements are currently being made during the southern winter and spring. These measurements are compared to measurements made on laboratory grown ice using a commercial impedance analyser. From these measurements information on the temporal and structural evolution of the ice can be obtained.

Keywords

electric impedance measurement; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; permittivity measurement; sea ice; sensors; Antarctica; McMurdo Sound; Southern winter; austral spring; capacitive sensor array; impedance analyser; in situ measurements; low frequency permittivity measurements; portable impedance measuring system; sea ice; structural evolution; temporal evolution; Antarctica; Capacitive sensors; Current measurement; Frequency; Impedance measurement; Performance evaluation; Permittivity measurement; Sea ice; Sea measurements; Sensor arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors, 2009 IEEE

Conference_Location

Christchurch

ISSN

1930-0395

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4548-6

Electronic_ISBN

1930-0395

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398226

Filename

5398226