The Spectral Power Density and Shadowing Function of a Glacial Microrelief at the Decimetre Scale

Abstract

Abstract Longitudinal profiles of roches moutonnées have been measured once every centimetre over a total length of more than 100 m. Only wavelengths in the range 3.6 cm < λ < 40 cm have been kept and analysed. Levels and their slopes have a symmetrical, non-Gaussian distribution. The spectral power density varies roughly as γ 0 ν –n ( ν ═ wavenumber ═ 1/λ); n being the same for all the profiles ( n ═ 2.36) and γ 0 being dependent on the studied area. No significant difference has been found for the shadowing function of the different studied areas. It differs consistently from Smith’s theoretical function.