Autonomous phase-sensitive radio echo sounder for monitoring and imaging Antarctic ice shelves

Lok, L.B.; Brennan, P.V.; Ash, M.; Nicholls, K.W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2188-4509. 2015 Autonomous phase-sensitive radio echo sounder for monitoring and imaging Antarctic ice shelves. In: 2015 8th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (WAGPR), 2015. Firenze, Italy, IEEE, 99-102.

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Abstract/Summary

A low-power, autonomous phase-sensitive radioecho sounder (ApRES) radar system has been developed at University College London, in collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey, for monitoring and imaging Antarctic ice shelves. The system is ground-based and uses a direct digital synthesizer to implement a frequency modulated continuous wave radar architecture. The system operates between 200 MHz to 400 MHz with a dc power consumption of 4.8 W. Since January 2014, three ApRES systems have been deployed on the ice shelf of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica. One system is configured in monostatic point ranging mode, while two systems are configured in an orthogonal 8x8 multiple input multiple output (MIMO) arrangement that enables two-dimensional through ice imaging.

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > BAS Programmes 2015 > Polar Oceans
ISBN:	9781479964956
Additional Keywords:	glaciology, ice shelves, ground penetrating radar, imaging
Date made live:	31 Aug 2016 08:30 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514366

Item Type:

Publication - Book Section

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > BAS Programmes 2015 > Polar Oceans

ISBN:

9781479964956

Additional Keywords:

glaciology, ice shelves, ground penetrating radar, imaging

Date made live:

31 Aug 2016 08:30 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514366