HR: 14:40h
AN: C33B-05    [Abstracts]
TI: Spaceflight Engineering For The Remote Study Of The Terrestrial Cryosphere: The CryoEgg Platform
AU: * Bannister, N P
EM: npb@star.le.ac.uk
AF: Space Research Centre, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
AU: Wadham, J L
EM: J.L.Wadham@bristol.ac.uk
AF: Bristol Glaciology Centre School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS, United Kingdom
AU: Ambrosi, R M
EM: rma@star.le.ac.uk
AF: Space Research Centre, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
AU: Bicknell, C L
EM: clb@star.le.ac.uk
AF: Space Research Centre, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
AU: Crawford, A
EM: tc50@star.le.ac.uk
AF: Space Research Centre, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
AU: Evans, M
EM: me69@le.ac.uk
AF: Space Research Centre, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
AU: O'Brien, R C
EM: rco3@star.le.ac.uk
AF: Space Research Centre, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
AU: Peters, G M
EM: gmp@star.le.ac.uk
AF: Space Research Centre, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
AU: Ross, D
EM: dr46@star.le.ac.uk
AF: Space Research Centre, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
AU: Stapleton, P E
EM: pes6@le.ac.uk
AF: Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
AU: Stevenson, T
EM: tst@star.le.ac.uk
AF: Space Research Centre, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
AB: We describe a remote sensing platform for deployment at considerable depth within the cryosphere, targeted particularly at glacial and polar ice environments. The design exploits our team's heritage in space instrumentation and engineering to meet the requirements of autonomous operation under conditions of extreme pressure and temperature, in a compact and rugged package. The modular design permits reconfiguration of the device to meet the specific demands and scientific requirements of each deployment site. The platform is a core element of the CryoEgg programme, the aims of which are to produce an autonomous sensor system capable of monitoring basic chemical/biological and physical variables over the full spectrum of conditions in subglacial environments, and we describe the performance of the platform in verification tests and preliminary field trials at the Engabreen glacial laboratory in Norway.
DE: 0758 Remote sensing
DE: 0760 Engineering
DE: 0794 Instruments and techniques
SC: Cryosphere [C]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting