Modeling GPR radiation and reflection characteristics for a complex temperate glacier bed

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 559-565

  Moran, Mark L ^a   Greenfield, Roy J ^b   Arcone, Steve A ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DIFFRACTION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; ANTENNA REFLECTORS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOMETRY; RADAR REFLECTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

GLACIER BEDS; RADIO-GLACIOLOGY; BACKGROUND NOISE LEVELS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); HALF SPACE INTERFACES; INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; REFLECTION CHARACTERISTICS; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS;

GLACIERS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GLACIER; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MODELING;

EID: 10844249115     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1567225     Document Type: Article

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