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

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

3130

Lastpage

3133

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9565-8

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5654342

Filename

5654342