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High Resolution Ice Thickness and Plane Wave Mapping of Ice Sheet Near-Surface Layers
Entry ID: Kanagaratnam_0230378

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Summary
Abstract: This award supports a project to build and test a 12-18 GHz radar system with a
plane wave antenna. This is a wideband radar operating over a frequency range
of 12 to 18 GHz to detect near-surface internal firn layers of the ice sheet
with better than 10 cm resolution to a depth of approximately 7 m. These
measurements will allow determination of spatially continuous snow ... View entire text
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Description: Scientists and engineers at the University of Kansas are applying their
expertise to develop and utilize innovative radar and robotic rovers to measure
ice thickness and determine bedrock conditions below the ice sheets in
Greenland and Antarctica. They are doing this through the auspices of a grant
from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA. This grant has been named
PRISM (Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurements).
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 72.63   S: 72.51   E: -38.44   W: -38.57
Min Depth: .1 M Max Depth: 20 M
  N: -79.34   S: -79.5   E: -111.23   W: -112.22
Min Depth: .1 M Max Depth: 20 M

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: P. Kanagaratnam
Dataset Title: Plane wave radar data
Dataset Release Date: August 2006
Dataset Release Place: University of Kansas
Dataset Publisher: University of Kansas
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2005-07-17
Stop Date: 2005-07-24

Start Date: 2005-12-29
Stop Date: 2006-01-10
Paleo Temporal Coverage
Paleo Start Date: 25 ybp
Paleo Stop Date: 0 ybp
Chrono Unit:
PHANEROZOIC  >  CENOZOIC  >  QUATERNARY  >  HOLOCENE
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Horizontal Resolution Range: < 1 meter
Vertical Resolution Range: < 1 meter
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
FIELD SURVEYS Ancillary Description
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS Ancillary Description
LABORATORY Ancillary Description
FIELD INVESTIGATION Ancillary Description
Instrument
RADAR > Radio Detection and Ranging Ancillary Description
GPR > Ground Penetrating Radar Ancillary Description
Project
Quality Radar echos were well correlated with visual stratigraphy and firn density
variations observed in collocated snow pits.
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints None
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
University of Kansas Center for Research in Lawrence, Kansas
Data Center
Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurements, University of Kansas Center for Research Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://ku-prism.org/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: PANNIRSELVAM KANAGARATNAM
Email: pkanagar at ittc.ku.edu
Contact Address:
University of Kansas Center for Research
City: Lawrence
Province or State: KS
Postal Code: 66045
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: DVD
Distribution Size: 20 Gb
Distribution Format: binary
Fees: none
Personnel
PANNIRSELVAM KANAGARATNAM
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: pkanagar at ittc.ku.edu
Contact Address:
University of Kansas Center for Research
City: Lawrence
Province or State: KS
Postal Code: 66045
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2000-03-24
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-01-26

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