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lindzey
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lindzey
11y ago
This is a pulsed system - we send out 1us wide chirped signals, then listen for their returns before sending out the next signal. So - we know how far away a return is, but the tricky bit is knowing which direction it came from, since our b
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lindzey
11y ago
We record on two channels, "high gain" and "low gain", separated by ~50dB. I showed the high gain products in this post, and the surface absolutely does saturate the detectors. The system was designed so that near-surfac
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lindzey
11y ago
Yes - this idea has definitely taken over my imagination. A different research group ( https://www.cresis.ku.edu/ ) has been working on this, but the processing techniques are still evolving. Do you have papers describing y&#
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lindzey
11y ago
Absolutely! I only included our lowest-level data products in this post. We don't sweep the radar side-to-side, but since it's on a moving platform, we see the same thing from multiple angles. In the data I showed, there has been
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lindzey
11y ago
Using our sensor geometry, there's an ambiguity from where off to the side the energy was returned from. So, the solution would wind up being non-unique whatever you do. There has been some fun work along the lines you describe that us
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lindzey
13y ago
I'm a student in the current batch, and can confirm that their ability to make money off recruiting fees is not a factor in the admissions decisions - I made it very clear in the admissions process that I would not be looking for a job