Method for Measuring Brash Ice Thickness with Impulse Radar.

Abstract

During March 1980 a subsurface impulse radar system was successfully used on board a U.S. Coast Guard cutter to measure brash ice thickness in the Great Lakes. Manual ice thickness measurements were made in the test area to calibrate the radar data and to determine radar range settings. Radar-collected data were recorded on magnetic tape and later played back to a graphic recorder for interpretation. Most of the usable data were collected when the ship's speed was 3-4 knots. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA103738

Entities

People

  • Arnold M. Dean Jr
  • Carl R. Martinson

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coast Guard
  • Cold Regions
  • Engineering
  • Great Lakes
  • Lake Erie
  • Lakes
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Measurement
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Radar
  • Recording Systems
  • Tape Recorders
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Radar Systems Engineering.