北冰洋海冰厚度穿透雷达探测与下表面形态特征分析

通过对北冰洋海冰穿透雷达的探测与分析, 讨论了雷达电磁波探测海冰厚度和海冰下表面形态特征的能力. 结果表明, 雷达波可穿透超过6 m厚度的北极盛夏海冰, 雷达波在海冰内的传播速度是0.142~0.154 m/ns. 雷达图像表现出海冰下表面粗糙起伏的微形态特征, 这种微形态特征与海冰类型关系紧密, 反映出雷达探测有助于识别和划分海冰类型. 基于雷达图像同时显示海冰上、下界线的特点, 统计分析了二者界线实际长度的差异, 提出一个新的长度因子数值概念, 可用于海冰上、下表面面积差异的研究.     

Sea ice thickness measurement and its underside morphology analysis using radar penetration in the Arctic Ocean

Sea ice, as an important component of the Arctic climate system, has drawn significant sci-entific interest. Sea ice thickness and its morphology have dramatic impacts on ocean-atmos- phere-ice interactions[1—4], which directly affect the exchange proces…     

Measurements of sea ice thickness and its subice morphology analysis using ice-penetration radar in the Arctic Ocean

1　IntroductionSeaice ,asanimportantcomponentoftheArcticclimatesystem ,hasdrawnsignifi cantscientificinterest.Seaicethicknessanditsmorphologyhavedramaticimpactsono cean atmosphere iceinteractions(Wadhams 1 994;Barryetal.1 993 ;Dickson 1 999;PadhamsandNorman 2 0 0 0 ) ,whichdirectlyaffecttheexchangeprocessandspeedofheatandmassbetweentheoceanandtheatmosphere ,dominatethephysicalmechanicsfea turesofseaice ,andaffecttheseaicemovement&deformationaswellasicefreezing&meltingprocess(Hollandetal.1 99…