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Ice-sheet bed 3-D tomography
Paden, John D. Akins, Torry L. Dunson, David Allen, Christopher Thomas Gogineni, Sivaprasad
Paden, John D.
Akins, Torry L.
Dunson, David
Allen, Christopher Thomas
Gogineni, Sivaprasad
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Information on bed topography and basal conditions is essential to developing the next-generation ice-sheet models needed to generate a more accurate estimate of ice-sheet contribution to sea-level rise. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of the ice–bed can be analyzed to obtain information on bed topography and basal conditions. We developed a wideband SAR, which was used during July 2005 to perform measurements over a series of tracks between the GISP2 and GRIP cores near Summit Camp, Greenland. The wideband SAR included an eight-element receive-antenna array with multiple-phase centers. We applied the MUltiple SIgnal Classification (MUSIC) algorithm, which estimates direction of arrival signals, to single-pass multichannel data collected as part of this experiment to obtain fine-resolution bed topography. This information is used for producing fine-resolution estimates of bed topography over a large swath of 1600m, with a 25m posting and a relative accuracy of approximately 10m. The algorithm-derived estimate of ice thickness is within 10m of the GRIP ice-core length. Data collected on two parallel tracks separated by 500m and a perpendicular track are compared and found to have difference standard deviations of 9.1 and 10.3m for the parallel and perpendicular tracks, respectively.
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This is the published version. Copyright 2010 International Glaciological Society
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2010-04
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International Glaciological Society
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Paden, John, Torry Akins, David Dunson, Chris Allen, and Prasad Gogineni. "Ice-sheet Bed 3-D Tomography." Journal of Glaciology 56.195 (2010): 3-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/002214310791190811