Airborne Radar Sounding over Ice Stream D, West Antarctica

该奖项是为了表彰1995-96年使用CASERTZ航空地球物理设施对南极西部D冰流的中部和下游进行机载雷达探测的支持。冰流D已被西南极冰盖项目的冰川学家选为最适合集中研究的冰川流。这项雷达调查是对CASERTZ小组在冰流D集水区进行的调查的补充。通过使用CASERTZ设施的GPS导航控制，将生成高精度的地表和海床高程、冰层厚度和水文潜力地图。对这些参数的了解将有助于更好地了解冰流的动态。在授标的第二年进行实地工作的时间将使CASERTZ系统与威斯康星大学小组使用的现有设备和技术有效地结合在一起。

This award is for support for an airborne radar sounding survey over the central and downstream portions of ice stream D, West Antarctica during the 1995-96 austral summer field season using the CASERTZ aerogeophysics facility. Ice stream D has been selected for study by glaciologists working on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet project as the most appropriate for concentrated study. This radar suvey is supposed to complement the one being carried out by the CASERTZ group in the catchment area of ice stream D. By employing the GPS navigational control of the CASERTZ facility, high precision maps of surface and bed elevation, ice thickness, and hydrologic potential will be produced. Knowledge of these parameters will lead to a better understanding of the dynamics of the ice stream. The timing of the field work in the second year of the award will allow for effective integration of the CASERTZ system with the existing equipment and techniques used by the University of Wisconsin group.