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Instruments and methods: A ground-based radar for measuring vertical strain rates and time-varying basal melt rates in ice sheets and shelves

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Instruments and methods: A ground-based radar for measuring vertical strain rates and time-varying basal melt rates in ice sheets and shelves. / Nicholls, Keith W.; Corr, Hugh F.J.; Stewart, Craig L. et al.
In: Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 61, No. 230, 01.12.2015, p. 1079-1087.

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Nicholls, KW, Corr, HFJ, Stewart, CL, Lok, LB, Brennan, PV & Vaughan, DG 2015, 'Instruments and methods: A ground-based radar for measuring vertical strain rates and time-varying basal melt rates in ice sheets and shelves', Journal of Glaciology, vol. 61, no. 230, pp. 1079-1087. https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG15J073

APA

Nicholls, K. W., Corr, H. F. J., Stewart, C. L., Lok, L. B., Brennan, P. V., & Vaughan, D. G. (2015). Instruments and methods: A ground-based radar for measuring vertical strain rates and time-varying basal melt rates in ice sheets and shelves. Journal of Glaciology, 61(230), 1079-1087. https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG15J073

Vancouver

Nicholls KW, Corr HFJ, Stewart CL, Lok LB, Brennan PV, Vaughan DG. Instruments and methods: A ground-based radar for measuring vertical strain rates and time-varying basal melt rates in ice sheets and shelves. Journal of Glaciology. 2015 Dec 1;61(230):1079-1087. doi: 10.3189/2015JoG15J073

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Nicholls, Keith W. ; Corr, Hugh F.J. ; Stewart, Craig L. et al. / Instruments and methods : A ground-based radar for measuring vertical strain rates and time-varying basal melt rates in ice sheets and shelves. In: Journal of Glaciology. 2015 ; Vol. 61, No. 230. pp. 1079-1087.

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abstract = "The ApRES (autonomous phase-sensitive radio-echo sounder) instrument is a robust, lightweight and relatively inexpensive radar that has been designed to allow long-term, unattended monitoring of ice-shelf and ice-sheet thinning. We describe the instrument and demonstrate its capabilities and limitations by presenting results from three trial campaigns conducted in different Antarctic settings. Two campaigns were ice sheet-based - Pine Island Glacier and Dome C - and one was conducted on the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice-shelf site demonstrates the ability of the instrument to collect a time series of basal melt rates; the two grounded ice applications show the potential to recover profiles of vertical strain rate and also demonstrate some of the limitations of the present system.",
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author = "Nicholls, {Keith W.} and Corr, {Hugh F.J.} and Stewart, {Craig L.} and Lok, {Lai Bun} and Brennan, {Paul V.} and Vaughan, {David G.}",
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RIS

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AU - Nicholls, Keith W.

AU - Corr, Hugh F.J.

AU - Stewart, Craig L.

AU - Lok, Lai Bun

AU - Brennan, Paul V.

AU - Vaughan, David G.

PY - 2015/12/1

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KW - Antarctic glaciology

KW - Glaciological instruments and methods

KW - Ice shelves

KW - Ice/ocean interactions

KW - Radio-echo sounding

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DO - 10.3189/2015JoG15J073

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JO - Journal of Glaciology

JF - Journal of Glaciology

SN - 0022-1430

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