Acquisition of a 3 Min, Two-Dimensional Glacier Velocity Field with Terrestrial Radar Interferometry
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2017
Keywords
glacier flow, glacier geophysics, glaciological instruments and methods
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.28
Abstract
Outlet glaciers undergo rapid spatial and temporal changes in flow velocity during calving events. Observing such changes requires both high temporal and high spatial resolution methods, something now possible with terrestrial radar interferometry. While a single such radar provides line-of-sight velocity, two radars define both components of the horizontal flow field. To assess the feasibility of obtaining the two-dimensional (2-D) flow field, we deployed two terrestrial radar interferometers at Jakobshavn Isbrae, a major outlet glacier on Greenland's west coast, in the summer of 2012. Here, we develop and demonstrate a method to combine the line-of-sight velocity data from two synchronized radars to produce a 2-D velocity field from a single (3 min) interferogram. Results are compared with the more traditional feature-tracking data obtained from the same radar, averaged over a longer period. We demonstrate the potential and limitations of this new dual-radar approach for obtaining high spatial and temporal resolution 2-D velocity fields at outlet glaciers.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Glaciology, v. 63, issue 240, p. 629-636
Scholar Commons Citation
Voytenko, Denis; Dixon, Timothy H.; Holland, David M.; Cassotto, Ryan; Howat, Ian M.; Fahnestock, Mark A.; Truffer, Martin; and De La Pena, Santiago, "Acquisition of a 3 Min, Two-Dimensional Glacier Velocity Field with Terrestrial Radar Interferometry" (2017). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 1525.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/1525
