Use of C-band ground penetrating radar to determine backscatter sources within glaciers

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1236-1245

  Langley, Kirsty ^b   Hamran, Svein Erik ^b   Høgda, Kjell Arild ^c   Storvold, Rune ^a,c   Brandt, Ola ^d   Hagen, Jon Ove ^b   Kohler, Jack ^d  

^a IEEE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORUT Information Technology   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

C band ground penetrating radar (GPR); Glacier; Scatter cross section; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

C-BAND GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); POLAR GLACIERS; RADAR EQUATION; SCATTER CROSS SECTION;

BACKSCATTERING; CONFORMAL MAPPING; GLACIERS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247526078     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.892600     Document Type: Article

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