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Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-1297-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-1297-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
Research article
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19 Feb 2026
Research article |  | 19 Feb 2026

Active-passive microwave scattering in the Antarctica wind-glazed region: an analog for icy moons of Saturn

Léa Elise Bonnefoy, Catherine Prigent, Ghislain Picard, Clément Soriot, Alice Le Gall, Lise Kilic, and Carlos Jimenez

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Microwave radiometry senses the thermal emission from a target, whereas its active counterpart, radar, sends a signal to the target and measures the reflected signal. We simultaneously model radar and radiometry over the East Antarctic ice sheet, which we propose as an analog for icy moons: we can reproduce most data with a unique model. The radar response of Saturn's moons cannot be reproduced and is likely caused by processes unaccounted for in the model and less efficient in the Antarctic.
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