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Automated Platforms and Software-Defined Instrumentation for Radar Sounding of Ice
Automated Platforms and Software-Defined Instrumentation for Radar Sounding of Ice
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- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202104850
- ISBN
- 9798288815232
- DDC
- 629.13
- 서명/저자
- Automated Platforms and Software-Defined Instrumentation for Radar Sounding of Ice
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : Stanford University, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 113 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-02, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Schroeder, Dustin.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Ice-penetrating radar (IPR) refers to a class of radar instruments used to image into and through ice, especially glacial ice found in Earth's glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets. Since the 1960s, IPR has been used from airborne platforms to image englacial layers and the bedrock hidden beneath the surface of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) and the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS). Although other methods are also used to image beneath ice, IPR is the only remote sensing approach capable of giving direct measurements of ice thickness. As a result, IPR data plays a crucial role in our understanding of the dynamics of ice sheets and glaciers and in models of the future evolution, and sea level rise contributions, of these ice masses. Due to the complexity of the dynamics of Earth's ice sheets and the long timescales of their response to interactions with the ocean, atmosphere, and solid earth, much remains unknown about the dynamics of the AIS and GIS, especially in light of recent warming of the atmosphere. Understanding and predicting the future behavior of the AIS and GIS will require both expanding collection of sub-surface data and developing new ways to process and interpret it. The first two chapters focus on the development of a miniaturized, low-cost IPR system integrated with a small, fixed-wing uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV). Chapter 2 covers the development of core radar system, the Open Radar Code Architecture (ORCA), which was a collaborative effort with my fellow PhD student Anna Broome that we spun out as an open-source framework for building scientifically-driven customized ice-penetrating radar systems. The core of the approach is to use software-defined radios (SDRs) to be able to reduce development time by shifting much of the complexity of the instrument design from hardware into software. This approach allows us to rapidly develop different instruments with varying capabilities by utilizing a range of inter-compatible SDRs and/or simply changing the software configuration. The bulk of this work is focused on validation of the core software to ensure its suitability for building scienfic instruments. Chapter 3 introduces one of the radar instruments that inspired the development of ORCA. Peregrine is a 2-meter wingspan UAV carrying a miniaturized IPR instrument. Peregrine is in part a field instrument and in part a testing ground for future UAV-borne IPR designs. Aside from miniaturizing the core radar instrument to under 400 grams, the primary challenge with incorporating an IPR into a small UAV is the design of antennas that are compatible with the aircraft. Because IPR instruments operate at low frequencies, the antennas generally need to be fairly large. While this is not a major problem for crewed aircraft, it becomes particularly challenging on very small aircraft, such as UAVs. Peregrine used a set of miniaturized IPR antennas designed specifically to integrate under the wings with minimal impact to the aircraft design. Peregrine has been tested in real-world polar field conditions in Iceland, Svalbard, and Greenland. Results from those field campaigns are presented. Peregrine is also a testing ground for larger UAV-borne IPR systems. Ground testing has been completed on a variant of the Peregrine IPR instrument designed for a 4-meter wingspan UAV, utilizing lessons learned from the smaller-scale development effort. Chapter 4 discusses potential improvements to the Peregrine system as well as system design choices for adapting the Peregrine radar to larger UAS. This chapter provides selected quantitative performance targets that should be achievable by UAV-borne systems of various sizes and guideposts towards achieving them. Chapter 5 diverges slightly and discusses an emerging application of UAV-borne IPR surveying: interferometric processing of repeat-pass radar data to obtain estimates of englacial velocity. The availability of surface velocity measurements at high spatial and temporal scales has been transformative to our understanding of ice sheet dynamics. Unfortunately, measurements of sub-surface velocities have so far been limited to techniques requiring extensive on-the-ground fieldwork. With the improved capabilities to perform precise repeat measurements, UAV-borne IPR systems may offer a remote sensing option to measure the deformation of internal layers within the ice. This chapter contains an analysis of how these measurements of internal deformation may be used to reconstruct the three-dimensional velocity structure of the ice with minimal assumptions on the physical properties of the ice. Finally, chapter 6 summarizes the contributions of this work and lists possible next steps in the development of the ideas presented in each of the preceding chapters.
- 일반주제명
- Aeronautics
- 일반주제명
- Geophysics
- 일반주제명
- Software
- 일반주제명
- Rheology
- 일반주제명
- Signal processing
- 일반주제명
- Sea level
- 일반주제명
- Ice sheets
- 일반주제명
- Electrical engineering
- 기타저자
- Stanford University.
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-02B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■520 ▼aIce-penetrating radar (IPR) refers to a class of radar instruments used to image into and through ice, especially glacial ice found in Earth's glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets. Since the 1960s, IPR has been used from airborne platforms to image englacial layers and the bedrock hidden beneath the surface of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) and the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS). Although other methods are also used to image beneath ice, IPR is the only remote sensing approach capable of giving direct measurements of ice thickness. As a result, IPR data plays a crucial role in our understanding of the dynamics of ice sheets and glaciers and in models of the future evolution, and sea level rise contributions, of these ice masses. Due to the complexity of the dynamics of Earth's ice sheets and the long timescales of their response to interactions with the ocean, atmosphere, and solid earth, much remains unknown about the dynamics of the AIS and GIS, especially in light of recent warming of the atmosphere. Understanding and predicting the future behavior of the AIS and GIS will require both expanding collection of sub-surface data and developing new ways to process and interpret it. The first two chapters focus on the development of a miniaturized, low-cost IPR system integrated with a small, fixed-wing uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV). Chapter 2 covers the development of core radar system, the Open Radar Code Architecture (ORCA), which was a collaborative effort with my fellow PhD student Anna Broome that we spun out as an open-source framework for building scientifically-driven customized ice-penetrating radar systems. The core of the approach is to use software-defined radios (SDRs) to be able to reduce development time by shifting much of the complexity of the instrument design from hardware into software. This approach allows us to rapidly develop different instruments with varying capabilities by utilizing a range of inter-compatible SDRs and/or simply changing the software configuration. The bulk of this work is focused on validation of the core software to ensure its suitability for building scienfic instruments. Chapter 3 introduces one of the radar instruments that inspired the development of ORCA. Peregrine is a 2-meter wingspan UAV carrying a miniaturized IPR instrument. Peregrine is in part a field instrument and in part a testing ground for future UAV-borne IPR designs. Aside from miniaturizing the core radar instrument to under 400 grams, the primary challenge with incorporating an IPR into a small UAV is the design of antennas that are compatible with the aircraft. Because IPR instruments operate at low frequencies, the antennas generally need to be fairly large. While this is not a major problem for crewed aircraft, it becomes particularly challenging on very small aircraft, such as UAVs. Peregrine used a set of miniaturized IPR antennas designed specifically to integrate under the wings with minimal impact to the aircraft design. Peregrine has been tested in real-world polar field conditions in Iceland, Svalbard, and Greenland. Results from those field campaigns are presented. Peregrine is also a testing ground for larger UAV-borne IPR systems. Ground testing has been completed on a variant of the Peregrine IPR instrument designed for a 4-meter wingspan UAV, utilizing lessons learned from the smaller-scale development effort. Chapter 4 discusses potential improvements to the Peregrine system as well as system design choices for adapting the Peregrine radar to larger UAS. This chapter provides selected quantitative performance targets that should be achievable by UAV-borne systems of various sizes and guideposts towards achieving them. Chapter 5 diverges slightly and discusses an emerging application of UAV-borne IPR surveying: interferometric processing of repeat-pass radar data to obtain estimates of englacial velocity. The availability of surface velocity measurements at high spatial and temporal scales has been transformative to our understanding of ice sheet dynamics. Unfortunately, measurements of sub-surface velocities have so far been limited to techniques requiring extensive on-the-ground fieldwork. With the improved capabilities to perform precise repeat measurements, UAV-borne IPR systems may offer a remote sensing option to measure the deformation of internal layers within the ice. This chapter contains an analysis of how these measurements of internal deformation may be used to reconstruct the three-dimensional velocity structure of the ice with minimal assumptions on the physical properties of the ice. Finally, chapter 6 summarizes the contributions of this work and lists possible next steps in the development of the ideas presented in each of the preceding chapters.
■590 ▼aSchool code: 0212.
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■650 4▼aGeophysics
■650 4▼aSoftware
■650 4▼aRheology
■650 4▼aSignal processing
■650 4▼aSea level
■650 4▼aIce sheets
■650 4▼aElectrical engineering
■653 ▼aUncrewed aerial vehicle
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■653 ▼aAntarctic Ice Sheet
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