Backscatter Properties of Sea Ice with Radar. Arctic Operations Description and Preliminary Data Summary.
Abstract
Active microwave responses of sea ice and lake ice were investigated at sites located off the North Alaskan Coast in the Arctic Ocean. The experimenters were ground-based at the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, NARL, located outside of Barrow, Alaska, during May 1977, an early spring month in the Arctic. Microwave equipment was mounted on a portable A-frame type support system which was transported to test sites via sled and snowmobile and assembled. Data were acquired at numerous microwave frequencies, receive-transmit polarizations, and angles of incidence for 5 sea ice and 2 lake ice types. This memo documents the experiment and the experimental procedure; and lists the raw experimental data. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA052711
Entities
People
- G. J. Dome
- H. Pape
- James Hague
- R. A. Hand
- R. G. Onstott