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

开发安装在 NYANG LC-130 上的用于监测冰盖变化的冰​​成像系统

• 批准号: 1444690
• 负责人: Robin Bell
• 金额: $ 141.06万
• 依托单位: Columbia University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1444690&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Ice; Imaging; System; Monitoring

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.

哥伦比亚大学的拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球观测站获得了一笔多年赠款（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“冰荚”，用于测量冰盖的表面和地下地形。IcePod将使人们能够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传感器安装在公共科学支持吊舱中，在格陵兰岛和南极洲上空执行常规和有针对性的任务时，由NYANG LC-130飞机操作。IcePod仪器包由透冰雷达、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用于模块化的公共科学支持吊舱，并将成为一个共享的社区研究设施，为科学界提供数据。资金将支持格陵兰岛和南极洲的活动，这些活动需要委托IcePod，为IcePod数据开发数据简化流程和数据传输系统，并设计UPS为IcePod提供清洁，可靠的系统运行电力。