H D Pritchard and R G Bingham 2007 Phys. Educ. 42 442 doi:10.1088/0031-9120/42/5/001
H D Pritchard and R G Bingham
Show affiliationsThe Antarctic ice sheets hold a huge reservoir of ice in a dynamic cycle fed by falling snow and drained by glaciers and ice streams. In order to predict future changes to sea level, it is vital to measure the ice sheet volume, to monitor changes in glacier flow and thickness, and to attempt to reconstruct the history of ice sheet behaviour. Radar allows us to do all of these things. This paper explains how, and presents some of the important results in this field.
84.40.Xb Telemetry: remote control, remote sensing; radar
93.85.-q Instruments and techniques for geophysical research: Exploration geophysics
Instrumentation and measurement
Issue 5 (September 2007)
Received 3 July 2007
H D Pritchard and R G Bingham 2007 Phys. Educ. 42 442
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