Automated processing to derive dip angles of englacial radar reflectors in ice sheets

Sime, Louise C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9093-7926; Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1633-2416; Corr, Hugh. 2011 Automated processing to derive dip angles of englacial radar reflectors in ice sheets. Journal of Glaciology, 57 (202). 260-266.

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Abstract/Summary

We present a novel automated processing method for obtaining layer dip from radio-echo sounding (RES) data. The method is robust, easily applicable and can be used to process large (several terabytes) ground and airborne RES datasets using modest computing resources. We give test results from the application of the method to two Antarctic datasets: the Fletcher Promontory ground-based radar dataset and the Wilkes Subglacial Basin airborne radar dataset. The automated RES processing (ARESP) method comprises the basic steps: (1) RES noise reduction; (2) radar layer identification;(3) isolation of individual ‘layer objects’; (4) measurement of orientation and other object properties;(5) elimination of noise in the orientation data; and (6) collation of the valid dip information. The apparent dip datasets produced by the method will aid glaciologists seeking to understand ice-flow dynamics in Greenland and Antarctica: ARESP could enable a shift from selective regional case studies to ice-sheet-scale studies.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Chemistry and Past Climate
ISSN:	0022-1430
NORA Subject Terms:	Data and Information
Date made live:	12 Jul 2011 13:39 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/14640

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