Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder for NASA Operation Ice Bridge

Author

Shi, Lei ; Allen, Christopher T. ; Ledford, John R. ; Rodriguez-Morales, Fernando ; Blake, William A. ; Panzer, Ben G ; Prokopiack, Stephen C. ; Leuschen, Carlton J. ; Gogineni, Sivaprasad

Author_Institution

Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

1729

Lastpage

1732

Abstract

The Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS) system was developed by the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) to map the thickness of ice sheets. This radar system was used in Antarctica as one of the primary sensors for NASA´s Operation Ice Bridge (OIB) during the fall of 2009. Compared to its predecessors, MCoRDS features several new capabilities which enabled it to successfully capture ice thickness measurements over multiple glaciers on an aerial platform. This paper will focus on the capabilities of MCoRDS and also provide a sample of the processed radar results.

Keywords

geophysical equipment; glaciology; remote sensing by radar; Antarctica; Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets; Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder system; NASA; Operation Ice Bridge; aerial platform; glaciers; ice sheet thickness; Antenna arrays; Arrays; Data acquisition; Ice; Spaceborne radar; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9565-8

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5649518

Filename

5649518