Definitions for radioglaciology
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1. radioglaciologynoun

   The study of glaciers and ice sheets using radar.

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1. Radioglaciology

   Radioglaciology is the study of glaciers, ice sheets, ice caps and icy moons using ice penetrating radar. It employs a geophysical method similar to ground-penetrating radar and typically operates at frequencies in the MF, HF, VHF and UHF portions of the radio spectrum. This technique is also commonly referred to as "Ice Penetrating Radar (IPR)" or "Radio Echo Sounding (RES)". Glaciers are particularly well suited to investigation by radar because the conductivity, imaginary part of the permittivity, and the dielectric absorption of ice are small at radio frequencies resulting in low loss tangent, skin depth, and attenuation values. This allows echoes from the base of the ice sheet to be detected through ice thicknesses greater than 4 km. The subsurface observation of ice masses using radio waves has been an integral and evolving geophysical technique in glaciology for over half a century. Its most widespread uses have been the measurement of ice thickness, subglacial topography, and ice sheet stratigraphy. It has also been used to observe the subglacial and conditions of ice sheets and glaciers, including hydrology, thermal state, accumulation, flow history, ice fabric, and bed geology. In planetary science, ice penetrating radar has also been used to explore the subsurface of the Polar Ice Caps on Mars and comets. Missions are planned to explore the icy moons of Jupiter.

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1. Radioglaciology

   Radioglaciology is the study of glaciers and ice sheets using radar. It employs a geophysical method similar to ground-penetrating radar that operates at frequencies in the MF, HF and VHF portions of the radio spectrum. Radioglaciology is sometimes referred to as "ice-penetrating radar" or "radio-echo sounding". Glaciers are well suited to investigation by radar because the imaginary part of the permittivity of ice is small relative to its real part; this ratio is called the loss tangent. The conductivity of ice is small at radio frequencies, so its dielectric absorption is also small. The primary goal of many radioglaciological surveys is to measure the thickness of a body of ice, which is an important boundary condition for ice-flow models. Ice thicknesses greater than 4 km have been measured in East Antarctica. Internal reflections have also been detected in many alpine glaciers and all modern ice sheets. These layers represent the internal stratigraphy and can also be used to constrain ice-flow models. The shapes of these internal reflections generally follow the bedrock topography and they are often assumed to be isochronous. Disturbances in these reflections that are unrelated to bedrock topography can be used to understand past ice flow, for example the anticlines arising from the Raymond Effect.

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   The numerical value of radioglaciology in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of radioglaciology in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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