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

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  • L. B. Lok
  • P. V. Brennan
  • M. Ash
  • K. W. Nicholls
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Publication date5/10/2015
Host publication2015 8th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar, IWAGPR 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages4
ISBN (electronic)9781479964956
<mark>Original language</mark>English
Event8th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar, IWAGPR 2015 - Firenze, Italy
Duration: 7/07/201510/07/2015

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Conference8th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar, IWAGPR 2015
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFirenze
Period7/07/1510/07/15

Conference

Conference8th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar, IWAGPR 2015
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFirenze
Period7/07/1510/07/15

Abstract

A low-power, autonomous phase-sensitive radio-echo 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 8×8 multiple input multiple output (MIMO) arrangement that enables two-dimensional through ice imaging.