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Glaciers and Ice Sheets Mapping Orbiter concept
Jezek, Kenneth C. Rodriguez, Ernesto Gogineni, Sivaprasad Freeman, Anthony Curlander, John Paden, John D. Allen, Christopher Thomas
Jezek, Kenneth C.
Rodriguez, Ernesto
Gogineni, Sivaprasad
Freeman, Anthony
Curlander, John
Paden, John D.
Allen, Christopher Thomas
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We describe a concept for a spaceborne radar system designed to measure the surface and basal topography of terrestrial ice sheets and to determine the physical properties of the glacier bed. Our primary objective is to develop this new technology for obtaining spaceborne estimates of the thickness of the polar ice sheets with an ultimate goal of providing essential information to modelers estimating the mass balance of the polar ice sheets and estimating the response of ice sheets to changing climate. Our new technology concept employs VHF and P-band interferometric radars using a novel clutter rejection technique for measuring surface and bottom topographies of polar ice sheets from aircraft and spacecraft. Our approach will enable us to reduce signal contamination from surface clutter, measure the topography of the glacier bed at better than 1 km intervals with an accuracy of 20 m, and paint a picture of variations in bed characteristics. The technology will also have applications for planetary exploration including studies of the Martian ice caps and the icy moons of the outer solar system. Through the concept developed here we believe that we can image the base and map the three-dimensional basal topography beneath an ice sheet at up to 5 km depth.
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This is the published version. Copyright 2006 American Geophysical Union
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2006-05-13
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Jezek, Kenneth, Ernesto RodrÃguez, Prasad Gogineni, Anthony Freeman, John Curlander, Xiaoqing Wu, John Paden, and Chris Allen. "Glaciers and Ice Sheets Mapping Orbiter Concept." J. Geophys. Res. Journal of Geophysical Research 111.E6 (2006). http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005JE002572