The technology could be critical for understanding the forces driving massive ice sheets -- predicting the future of climate change and sea level rise.
Stanford researchers are using a drone that carries a ice penetrating radar to monitor the world's threatened ice sheets more closely and gather dataThey're among the of harshest research environments on the planet. But understanding the forces driving massive ice sheets in areas like Greenland and Antarctica could be critical for predicting the future ofEnter Stanford engineer Thomas Teisberg and the unmanned drone dubbed "Peregrine.
"This our tool for understanding what lies underneath the ice, which is one of the most critical inputs to understanding how this ice sheet is going to evolve in the future," explains Theisberg. Antennae are mounted in the wings, with other instruments also sheltered from the weather. The Stanford team recently field tested the aircraft in Iceland. The say the ice penetrating radar been used for decades, but it's been expensive to deploy. They're now hoping the drone-based system will allow researchers from around the world to monitor threatened ice sheets more closely, and generate more detailed data.
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