Airborne Radar Sounding over Ice Stream D, West Antarctica

机载雷达在南极洲西部冰流 D 上空探测

• 批准号: 9319043
• 负责人: Charles Bentley
• 金额: $ 30.67万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-08-01 至 1998-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9319043&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Airborne; Radar; Sounding; over; Ice

This award is for support for an airborne radar sounding survey over the central and downstream portions of ice stream D, West Antarctica during the 1995-96 austral summer field season using the CASERTZ aerogeophysics facility. Ice stream D has been selected for study by glaciologists working on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet project as the most appropriate for concentrated study. This radar suvey is supposed to complement the one being carried out by the CASERTZ group in the catchment area of ice stream D. By employing the GPS navigational control of the CASERTZ facility, high precision maps of surface and bed elevation, ice thickness, and hydrologic potential will be produced. Knowledge of these parameters will lead to a better understanding of the dynamics of the ice stream. The timing of the field work in the second year of the award will allow for effective integration of the CASERTZ system with the existing equipment and techniques used by the University of Wisconsin group.

该奖项是为了支持在1995 - 96年使用Casertz Aerooegophysics设施的1995 - 96年澳大利亚夏季赛季中的冰流D的中央和下游部分进行空中雷达雷达调查。 冰流D已被从事西南极冰盖项目的冰川学家选择作为研究，这是最适合集中研究的研究。 该雷达suve应该通过使用Casertz设施的GPS导航控制，表面和床高度的高精度图，冰层厚度和水平潜能来补充Casertz组在冰流的集水区进行的Casertz组进行的。 对这些参数的了解将使人们更好地理解冰流的动力学。 奖励的第二年，现场工作的时间安排将允许将Casertz系统与威斯康星大学集团使用的现有设备和技术有效整合。