TY - JOUR
T1 - A Compact, Reconfigurable, Multi-UWB Radar for Snow Thickness Evaluation and Altimetry
T2 - Development and Field Trials
AU - Rodriguez-Morales, Fernando
AU - Li, Jilu
AU - Alvestegui, Daniel Gomez Garcia
AU - Shang, Jiaxuan
AU - Arnold, Emily J.
AU - Leuschen, Carlton J.
AU - Larsen, Christopher F.
AU - Shepherd, Andrew
AU - Hvidegaard, Sine Munk
AU - Forsberg, Rene
N1 - Funding information: This work was supported in part by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant NNX10AT68G, in part by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under Grant NA19OAR4590206, in part by the U.K. Natural Environment Research Council under Grant NE/J005681/1, and in part by the European Space Agency CryoVex Campaign under Contract 4000128488/19/NL/FF/gp. (Corresponding author: Fernando Rodríguez-Morales.) Fernando Rodríguez-Morales, Jilu Li, Daniel Gomez-García Alvestegui, Jiaxuan Shang, Emily J. Arnold, and Carlton J. Leuschen are with the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA (e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]).
PY - 2021/7/14
Y1 - 2021/7/14
N2 - We developed a portable ultra-wideband radar system capable of reconfigurable operation in multiple frequency bands (separate or simultaneous) spanning from microwaves through millimeter waves. The instrument provides a compact solution for fine-resolution measurements of elevation changes and superficial snow/firn thickness from low-altitude, mid-sized airborne platforms. In this article, we provide an overview of the radar system design and its performance during laboratory testing. We demonstrate its application in aerial surveys of snow layer thickness at S/C bands, dual-band airborne altimetry at Ku-/Ka-bands, and present first-order comparisons with coincident airborne lidar data.
AB - We developed a portable ultra-wideband radar system capable of reconfigurable operation in multiple frequency bands (separate or simultaneous) spanning from microwaves through millimeter waves. The instrument provides a compact solution for fine-resolution measurements of elevation changes and superficial snow/firn thickness from low-altitude, mid-sized airborne platforms. In this article, we provide an overview of the radar system design and its performance during laboratory testing. We demonstrate its application in aerial surveys of snow layer thickness at S/C bands, dual-band airborne altimetry at Ku-/Ka-bands, and present first-order comparisons with coincident airborne lidar data.
KW - multi-ultra-wideband (UWB) radar
KW - Multiband altimeter
KW - snow-probing radar
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85110736070&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3092313
DO - 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3092313
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85110736070
SN - 1939-1404
VL - 14
SP - 6755
EP - 6765
JO - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
JF - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
M1 - 9464650
ER -