Predicting radar attenuation within the Antarctic ice sheet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 359-360, Issue , 2012, Pages 173-183

  Matsuoka, Kenichi ^a   MacGregor, Joseph A ^b   Pattyn, Frank ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antarctic ice sheet; Englacial attenuation; Radar remote sensing; Subglacial environment; Thermo mechanical modeling

Indexed keywords

ENGLACIAL ATTENUATION; ICE SHEET; RADAR REMOTE SENSING; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMOMECHANICAL MODELING;

FORECASTING; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GLACIERS; RADAR;

ICE;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALGORITHM; ENGLACIAL PROCESS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; MELTING; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SALT; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOMECHANICS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84868591086     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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