Advances in Remote Sensing of the Polar Ice with High Frequency (HF) to L-Band Radar
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 493
Special Issue Editors
Interests: radioglaciology; radio-echo sounding; GPR; Antarctic ice sheet; subglcial conditions
Interests: radioglaciology; aerogeophysics; subglcial conditions; subglacial hydrological system; ice sheet dynamics; Antarctic ice sheet
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Interests: system development of radar sounding; digital system design, and signal processing
Interests: snow water equivalent; radars; remote sensing; GNSS; cryosphere
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ice sounding radar is the main technical means for detecting polar ice and snow media. It provides important basic observational data for studying geometric characteristics, internal structures, subglacial topography and environment of polar ice and snow. In the 1950s, humans first discovered that electromagnetic waves in specific frequency bands could “penetrate” the Antarctic ice sheet; in the 1960s, we developed an ice sounding radar system for the detection of polar ice sheets under ice. Over the recent 60 years, with the development of computers, electronic information, and satellite positioning and navigation technology, the research on ice sounding radar technology has rapidly developed, resulting in a diversified ice sounding radar system suitable for the different detection requirements of polar ice sheets, sea ice and snow covers.
This Special Issue welcomes studies covering various factettes of L-band ice sounding radars with a high frequency. Topics may cover the design of different kinds of ice sounding radar systems, signal processing methods used to improve the performance of ice sounding radar systems (including detection depth, cross-track resolution, and vertical resolution), and research on the observation of polar ice sheets, sea ice, and snow covers via ice sounding radar. Articles may address, but are not limited, to the following topics:
- Ice sounding radar design.
- Detection depth improvement.
- Vertical resolution improvement.
- Along-track resolution improvement.
- Cross-track resolution improvement.
- New platforms for ice sounding radars.
- New observations made using ice sounding radars.
Dr. Shinan Lang
Dr. Xiangbin Cui
Dr. Bo Zhao
Dr. Pedro Fidel Espín-López
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ice sounding radar
- system design
- signal processing
- Antarctic
- Arctic
- mountain glaciers
- subglacial conditions
- snow cover
- sea ice
- satellite and aerial cryosphere
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