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Dielectric Permittivity of Glacier Ice Measured In Situ by Radar Wide-Angle Reflection *

  • Kenneth C. Jezek (a1), John W. Clough (a2), Charles R. Bentley (a1) and Sion Shabtaie (a1)
Abstract

Values of relative permittivity measured by the wide-angle reflection technique on the Ross ice Shelf show substantial variations between sites, from 3.09 to 2.89, with estimated errors of ±0.03. The largest values, closest to those normally measured in the laboratory, are found nearest to the grounded ice sheet; values decrease generally in the direction of thinner ice that has been longer on the ice shelf. We believe the variation reflects some real physical phenomenon in the ice shelf, either a true variation in the permittivity of the ice or a complication of the ray-path geometry, but are not able to offer a satisfactory model at present. We hope an explanation will be forthcoming when actual ice core samples from the deep shelf ice are available for examination.

Résumé

Les valeurs de la permittivité relative mesurée par la technique de réflexion aux grands angles dans le cas du Ross Ice Shelf montrent des variations substantielles entre les sites, de 3.00 à 2.89, avec une erreur standard estimée à ±0,03. La valeur la plus élevée, proche de celle mesurée en laboratoire, est trouvée à proximité de l’endroit où le couvert de glace est rattaché à la rive; les valeurs décroissent généralement dans la direction de la glace plus mince qui a formé plus longtemps le couvert de glace. Nous pensons que ces variations correspondent à quelque phénomène physique se produisant réellement dans la glace mais nous ne pouvons pas, actuellement, proposer de modèle satisfaisant. Nous espérons aboutir à une interprétation dès lors qué des échantillons prélevés à grande profondeur dans le couvert de glace seront disponibles pour étude.

Zusammenfassung

Werte der relativen Dielektrizitätskonstanten, die mit der Weitwinkeltechnik auf dem Ross Ice Shelf gemessen wurden, zeigen beträchtliche Unterschiede zwischen einzelnen Stellen: von 3,09 bis 2,89, mit einer abgeschätzten Standardabweichung von ±0,03. Die grössten Werte, die den im Labor gewöhnlich gemessenen am nächsten kommen, werden in nächster Nähe zum auf Grund aufsitzenden Eisschild gefunden; die Werte nehmen im allgemeinen ab in Richtung dünneren Eises, das länger auf dem Schelfeis gewesen ist. Wir glauben, die Abweichung spiegelt eine echte physikalische Erscheinung im Schelfeis wieder, aber wir sind gegenwärtig nicht in der Lage ein zufriedenstellendes Modell anzubieten. Wir hoffen, dass sich eine Erklärung finden lässt, wenn wirkliche Bohrkernproben aus dem tiefen Schelfeis für die Untersuchung zur Verfügung stehen.

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* Contribution No. 349 of the Geophysical and Polar Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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