Radio techniques for the measurement of ice thickness

Bibliographic Data

ID9220653
AuthorsStephen Evans (0000-0001-5626-7079, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, corresponding author)
Year1963
Volume11
Issue73
Pages406-410
Publication date1963-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolar Record (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0032247400053523
OpenAlexW2134044413, W4237753742
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited1

In recent years, phenomena observed in two quite separate fields of study have led to the suggestion that radio waves may propagate through cold ice masses with sufficiently small loss by absorption to permit the thickness to be measured, and some information about the nature of the bottom surface to be derived by radar. This article describes first some work by the United States Army Signal Research and Development Laboratory arising out of spurious echoes noticed on radio altimeters (ground clearance indicators) carried by aircraft flying in the polar regions. Afterwards it reviews work at the Scott Polar Research Institute where unexpected phenomena on some IGY ionosondes operated in the Antarctic have led to the development of a radio instrument specifically to measure ice thickness

Action (physics) · Astronomy · Content (measure theory) · Meteorology · Physics · Polar · Radar · Radio frequency · Radio signal · Radio wave · Remote sensing · SIGNAL (programming language) · Spurious relationship · Telecommunications · Work (physics) · Aerospace Engineering · Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics · Computer Science · Cryospheric studies and observations · Engineering · Environmental Science · Geology · Icing and De-icing Technologies · Mathematics · Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing

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