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DOI	10.5194/tc-10-811-2016
	Constraining variable density of ice shelves using wide-angle radar measurements
	Drews R.; Brown J.; Matsuoka K.; Witrant E.; Philippe M.; Hubbard B.; Pattyn F.
发表日期	2016
ISSN	19940416
卷号	10 期号:2
英文摘要	The thickness of ice shelves, a basic parameter for mass balance estimates, is typically inferred using hydrostatic equilibrium, for which knowledge of the depth-averaged density is essential. The densification from snow to ice depends on a number of local factors (e.g., temperature and surface mass balance) causing spatial and temporal variations in density-depth profiles. However, direct measurements of firn density are sparse, requiring substantial logistical effort. Here, we infer density from radio-wave propagation speed using ground-based wide-angle radar data sets (10 MHz) collected at five sites on Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf (RBIS), Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. We reconstruct depth to internal reflectors, local ice thickness, and firn-air content using a novel algorithm that includes traveltime inversion and ray tracing with a prescribed shape of the depth-density relationship. For the particular case of an ice-shelf channel, where ice thickness and surface slope change substantially over a few kilometers, the radar data suggest that firn inside the channel is about 5% denser than outside the channel. Although this density difference is at the detection limit of the radar, it is consistent with a similar density anomaly reconstructed from optical televiewing, which reveals that the firn inside the channel is 4.7% denser than that outside the channel. Hydrostatic ice thickness calculations used for determining basal melt rates should account for the denser firn in ice-shelf channels. The radar method presented here is robust and can easily be adapted to different radar frequencies and data-acquisition geometries. © Author(s) 2016.
学科领域	algorithm; data acquisition; geometry; ice shelf; ice thickness; mass balance; measurement method; radar; radio wave; spatial variation; temporal variation; wave propagation; Antarctica; East Antarctica; Queen Maud Land; Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf
语种	英语
scopus关键词	algorithm; data acquisition; geometry; ice shelf; ice thickness; mass balance; measurement method; radar; radio wave; spatial variation; temporal variation; wave propagation; Antarctica; East Antarctica; Queen Maud Land; Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf
来源期刊	Cryosphere
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/119660
作者单位	Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Aesir Consulting LLC, Missoula, MT, United States; Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway; Université Grenoble Alpes/CNRS, Grenoble Image Parole Signal Automatique, Grenoble, 38041, France; Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Drews R.,Brown J.,Matsuoka K.,et al. Constraining variable density of ice shelves using wide-angle radar measurements[J],2016,10(2).
APA	Drews R..,Brown J..,Matsuoka K..,Witrant E..,Philippe M..,...&Pattyn F..(2016).Constraining variable density of ice shelves using wide-angle radar measurements.Cryosphere,10(2).
MLA	Drews R.,et al."Constraining variable density of ice shelves using wide-angle radar measurements".Cryosphere 10.2(2016).