Snow thickness radar system

Author

Lalumiere, Louis

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

6-9 Oct 1997

Abstract

Summary form only given. A real-time snow thickness radar system is to be test flown in March 1997. This system is designed to be an additional sensor for the Canadian Coast Guard´s Ice Probe real-time ice thickness sensor. The system has been developed around the GSSI 500 MHz ground penetrating radar system. This commercial system has been extensively modified to build-in to the radar package the following items: the power supply, radar control processes the radar data to determine flying height and snow thickness. The snow thickness radar results are outputted via RS-232 serial link. The snow thickness processing is based on the condition expected when flying over sea ice

Keywords

airborne radar; atmospheric techniques; hydrological equipment; hydrological techniques; meteorological radar; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; snow; 500 MHz; Canadian Coast Guard; GSSI; UHF radar; airborne radar; atmosphere; flying height; hydrology; measurement technique; meteorology; ocean; power supply; radar control; radar equipment; radar remote sensing; real-time radar system; sea ice; snow cover; snow thickness; snowcover; Ground penetrating radar; Ice thickness; Packaging; Power supplies; Probes; Process control; Real time systems; Sensor systems; Snow; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '97. MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4108-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1997.624221

Filename

624221