Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2159-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2159-2025
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Review article: Feature tracing in radio-echo sounding products of terrestrial ice sheets and planetary bodies

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This is an overview of methodologies that have been applied to map the internal reflection horizons, or ice-layer boundaries, of ice sheets on Earth and other planets. We briefly explain radar applications in glaciology and the methods which have been used and published. There are summaries of the published work of the last 2 decades. Finally, we conclude by introducing the gaps and opportunities for further advancement in this field, and we present possible future directions.
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