Title :
Ultra-wideband radar measurements of snow thickness over sea ice
Author :
Panzer, Ben ; Leuschen, Carl ; Patel, Aqsa ; Markus, Thorsten ; Gogineni, Sivaprasad
Author_Institution :
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
Abstract :
An ultra-wideband, frequency modulated, continuous wave radar working from 2.0 to 6.5 GHz was designed, built and tested at the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) at the University of Kansas to measure snow thickness over sea ice. Improvements and modifications to the existing radar, compared to previous versions, allow for snow thickness measurements from fast-moving, long-range aircraft. Over the past year, the radar has recorded snow thickness measurements over sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic oceans as part of NASA´s Operation Ice Bridge.
Keywords :
geophysical equipment; oceanographic regions; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; snow; Antarctic Ocean; Arctic Ocean; Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets; NASA; Operation Ice Bridge; University of Kansas; continuous wave radar; sea ice; snow thickness; ultra-wideband radar measurements; airborne measurements; sea ice; snow thickness; ultra-wideband radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5654342
