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ARCSIX

Ku-band Radar Altimeter

Status

Operated By:

The Center has been developing a wideband radar altimeter that operates over the frequency range from 13 to 17 GHz. The primary purpose of this radar is high precision surface elevation measurements over polar ice sheets. The data collected with this radar can be analyzed in conjunction with laser-altimeter data to determine thickness of snow over sea ice. The radar has been flown on a NASA DC-8 aircraft, and the NSF provided a Twin Otter aircraft.

Instrument Type:

Radar

Measurements:

Sea Ice Surface Elevation

Aircraft:

DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, C-130H - WFF

Point(s) of Contact:

Prasad Gogineni (Prev PI), Carl Leuschen (POC; PI)