NDLI: Synthetic Aperture Radar Measurements of a Retreating Firn Line on a Temperate Icecap

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Author	Brown, I.A.
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	The firn line, like other glacier facies, is mapped operationally as part of glacier monitoring activities for glaciological and climate studies. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images are commonly used to determine the firn line in dry snow imagery. The radiometric response of retreating firn has not previously been investigated. Rather, it has been assumed that firn line mapping is only useful where large scale advances or retreats of the lower limit of continuous firn have occurred. In this paper the radiometric signal of retreating firn on an icecap in north Norway is analyzed using multi-temporal SAR imagery. Using comparisons with firn well above the firn line and field investigations of the firn properties, backscattering mechanisms are inferred. It is found that retreating firn has a distinctive radiometric signal that can be used to identify the inception and progression of firn down-wasting prior to and during firn line retreat.
Starting Page	153
Ending Page	160
Page Count	8
File Size	1772579
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19391404
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	1
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-02-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Backscatter Snow Ice Radiometry Scattering Synthetic aperture radar Global Positioning System synthetic aperture radar Hydrology ice scattering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Atmospheric Science Computers in Earth Sciences

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