2-8 GHz FMCW radar for estimating snow depth on antarctic sea ice

Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Radar, Radar 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 276-281

  Galin, N ^a   Worby, A ^a,b   Massom, R ^a,b   Brooker, G ^c   Leuschen, C ^d   Gogineni, S P ^d   Jansen, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SPACE OPTICS;

AIRBORNE RADARS; ANTARCTIC SEA ICES; AUSTRALIA; COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHIES; FMCW RADARS; FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVES; GEOLOCATION; GPS DATUMS; ICE SHEETS; ICE SURFACES; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL; PACK ICES; RADAR OPERATING; RADAR SIGNATURES; SCANNING LASERS; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW THICKNESSES;

RADAR;

EID: 56749167851     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2008.4653931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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