-Two ice2ice scientists visited Kansas, USA

 

In February Christian Panton and Iben Koldtoft from the Niels Bohr Institute visited the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) in Kansas to learn how to use a radar system. The radar will be used during the fieldwork in May on the Renland Ice Cap for determining internal layers within the ice cap.

It is a surface-based accumulation radar and data obtained will help to locate the best possible drilling site for the new ice core – the system was specifically designed for the conditions on Renland! During the visit Christian and Iben completed training in techniques for operating the radar including deriving and processing data and potential diagnostics. Furthermore, they held key discussions on how best to perform the measurements in the field; including the setup of the radar on sleds to be pulled by skidoos and the optimal grid of measurements.

The two pictures show the first not-finished version of the radar and one out of eight antenna of the system.