What can GPR tell us about cryoconite holes? 3D FDTD modeling, excavation and field GPR data

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-119

  Brandt, Ola ^a   Taurisano, Andrea ^a   Giannopoulos, Antonios ^b   Kohler, Jack ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D FDTD; Antarctica; Blue ice; Cryoconite; GPR; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ANTENNA GROUNDS; ANTENNAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; ICE; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER CONTENT;

3D FDTD; ANTARCTICA; BLUE ICE; CRYOCONITE; GPR; NUMERICAL MODELING;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

ABLATION; EXCAVATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER CONTENT; WAVELENGTH;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 55349097090     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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