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Remote profiling of lake ice thickness using a short pulse radar system aboard a c-47 aircraft
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Shook, D. F. Heighway, J. E. Vickers, R. S. Cooper, D. W. Jirberg, R. J. |
| Copyright Year | 1974 |
| Description | Design and operation of short pulse radar systems for use in ice thickness measurement are described. Two ice profiling systems were tested, an S system which used either random noise or continous wave modulation at 2.8 GHz and a less powerful C band system which operated at 6.0 GHz and did not have random noise modulation. Flight altitudes of 4,000 feet were used, but the S band system was usable at 7,000 feet allowing flights in poor weather conditions. A minimum ice thickness of four inches is required for measurement, while the thickest ice measured was 36 inches. System accuracy is plus or minus one inch. |
| File Size | 129508 |
| Page Count | 5 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19740021610 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t54f6jw7t |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1974-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Remote Sensors Ice Reporting Meteorological Radar Ice Mapping C-47 Aircraft Side-looking Radar Radar Measurement Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
