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Equipment for Radar Sounding of Glaciers

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Radioglaciology

Part of the book series: Glaciology and Quaternary Geology ((GQGE,volume 1))

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In this section we shall study the capability of a sounder system mounted in an aircraft flying at a certain height above the ice surface. We shall assume an idealized situation comprising a flat, homogeneous ice sheet resting on a horizontal rock bed; the interfaces are smooth planes so that no scattering takes place. We may therefore consider the measurement situation by the mirror principle (Section 3.7).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Research Institute, Leningrad, USSR

    V. V. Bogorodsky

  2. Geophysical and Polar Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

    C. R. Bentley

  3. Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

    P. E. Gudmandsen

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Bogorodsky, V.V., Bentley, C.R., Gudmandsen, P.E. (1985). Equipment for Radar Sounding of Glaciers. In: Radioglaciology. Glaciology and Quaternary Geology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5275-1_4

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