Development of an Ice Imaging System for Monitoring Changing Ice Sheets Mounted on the NYANG LC-130

哥伦比亚大学的Lamont-Doherty地球观测站获得了一项为期多年的资助（2010年5月1日至2015年4月30日），用于开发一种冰成像系统，或称为“IcePod”，用于测量冰盖的表面和地下地形。IcePod将有助于研究全球气候变化对冰盖的影响以及冰下水对潜在海平面上升的影响。IcePod传感器包含在一个公共科学支持吊舱中，在格陵兰岛和南极洲的常规和目标任务中由NYANG LC-130飞机操作。IcePod仪器包由破冰雷达、红外和可见光摄像机、激光高度计、惯性测量单元、GPS接收机和数据采集系统组成。IcePod还将使其他仪器能够在模块化的公共科学支持舱中使用，并将成为一个共享的社区研究设施，为科学界提供数据。这笔资金将用于支持在格陵兰岛和南极洲开展IcePod所需的活动，为IcePod数据开发数据减少流和数据传输系统，并设计一台UPS，为IcePod系统运行提供清洁、可靠的电力。

The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University was awarded a multi-year grant (May 1, 2010- April 30, 2015) to develop an ice imaging system, or "IcePod," for use in measuring the surface and subsurface topography of ice sheets. IcePod will enable research on the effects of global climate change on ice sheets and the effects of sub-glacial water on potential sea-level rise. IcePod sensors are contained in a Common Science Support Pod and operated on NYANG LC-130 aircraft during routine and targeted missions over Greenland and Antarctica. The IcePod instrument package consists of ice-penetrating radar, infrared and visible cameras, laser altimeter, inertial measurement unit, GPS receiver and data acquisition system. IcePod will also enable other instruments to be used in the modular Common Science Support Pod, and will become a shared community research facility providing data to the science community. Funding will support activities in both Greenland and Antarctica needed to commission IcePod, to develop a data reduction flow and data delivery system for IcePod data, and to engineer a UPS to provide IcePod with clean, reliable power for system operation.