LONG-DISTANCE AIRBORNE GLACIAL SOUNDING.

Abstract

Experiments during the summer of 1966 established the feasibility of using airborne 30 MHz vertical incidence radar for sounding the thickness of polar ice sheets over long-range traverses. Four flights across Greenland each averaging 8 hours of flight time and approximately 2400 km. in length were continuously sounded. An automated data acquisition system, employed for the first time, was primarily responsible for the increased long-range capability. The principal limitations have been attributed to problems associated with navigating the polar regions. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0664152

Entities

People

  • John W. Walker

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Airborne
  • Data Acquisition
  • Glaciers
  • Greenland
  • Ice
  • Landforms
  • Polar Regions
  • Regions
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.