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Operation of the Ultra-Wideband Ice Radar requires experienced personnel on board the aircraft. The high total weight of the Ultra-Wideband Ice Radar system strongly limits flight distances. |
Summary
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urn | aircraft:bt-67:uwb_ice |
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contenttype | Summary |
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The Ultra-wideband ice radar is a 150-600 MHz VHF radar used for penetration of thick ice masses. It offers high power, fine range resolution, and very good cross-track resolution. Sensor-Info: aircraft:bt-67:uwb_ice, 6809 |
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urn | aircraft:bt-67:uwb_ice |
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contenttype | Metadata |
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Manufacturer | Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) |
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Model | UWB-Ice (Standard) |
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Serial No. | n/a |
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Type | radar system |
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Sensorweb integration |
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urn | aircraft:bt-67:uwb_ice |
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contenttype | Images |
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urn | aircraft:bt-67:uwb_ice |
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contenttype | Contacts |
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Name | Institution | Role |
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Daniela Jansen | Alfred-Wegener_Institut | Device Contact |
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Components and Specifications
The UWB Ice system comprises the antenna array and several rack mount units. Four 1000 W amplifiers and four 500 W amplifiers are housed by two racks. The main radar rack is used for installation of the electronics such as 2 National Instruments PXI 1085 units, 1 National Instruments PXI 1075 unit, 1 waveform generator (DDS), a server and a T/R chassis (see images above). The system excluding the antenna array and the racks themselves weighs about 340 kg. The LH wing antenna array and the right wing antenna array weigh ~205kg each while the fuselage antenna array weighs about 215 kg. The system additionally requires rack installations of 115 VAC / 60Hz inverters, two 115 VAC / 60Hz UPS, one 230 VAC UPS and a S.M. server which together amount to 165 kg. The high total weight thus strongly limits flight distances.
Position
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urn | aircraft:bt-67:uwb_ice |
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contenttype | LocalFrame |
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Origin Description: | Antennas are installed under the wings and under the fuselage. Electronic devices and data aquisition are installed within racks in the aircraft cabin. |
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Data logging, storage and archiving
Logged parameter
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urn | aircraft:bt-67:uwb_ice |
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contenttype | Parameters |
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Parameter | Sensor Output Type | Unit |
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ice thickness | radar images | m | ice layering | radar images | cm |
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Rawdata storage on board
Metadata (Metadata Plugin) |
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During flight the UWB Ice Radar data are stored externally. |
Data archiving on land
Metadata (Metadata Plugin) |
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After the flight UWB Ice Radar data are made accessible via the external devices file system of the land Data Managment System (DMS). |
Documentation
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urn | aircraft:bt-67:uwb_ice |
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contenttype | Resources |
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