Prof. Ezio Tabacco (19 -2018) worked at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Milan and was involved in geophysical prospecting applied to hydrogeological research and crustal studies in Europe and North Africa. He has made a great contribution to research in polar areas: he was the scientific coordinator of the Italian Research Group 'Antarctic Subglacial Lakes' of the National Antarctic Research Project and a member of the Scientific Committee of the BEDMAP Consortium (Antarctic Cartography) of the Antarctic Research Scientific Committee. He has participated in nine Antarctic and two Arctic campaigns to determine ice thickness and bedrock topography and to drill the Antarctic ice cap. He coordinated the Italian research group that made an important contribution to the discovery of many subglacial lakes. He actively participated in the European project EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica).
In his professional career, Ezio collaborated with many INGV colleagues. For all of us who knew him and with whom we had the honour of sharing many challenges and professional bets, he was a teacher as well as a friend and colleague. We remember him for his professionalism, for the enthusiasm that never wavered in so many years of activity, for the freshness of his ideas, as well as for his understanding and human character.
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IRES: Italian Radio Echo Sounding (RES) is a data repository and GIS, Geographic Information System database containing RES data from radar glaciology, flight routes and ground measurements carried out since 1995 on Antarctic and Alpine glaciers which allows to view and download the acquired data.
Through the RES measurements of the glaciological radar it is possible to explore, with the use of a radar signal, the interior of glaciers, ice caps, sea ice and subglacial lakes allowing to determine the thickness of the ice, the internal stratifications and the physical conditions of the ice at the bedrock. All these data was collected and sorted within a radio glaciology database containing all the information relating to the measurements made to date by the Italian radarglaciology group. The database also contains all the main information about the measurements campaign such as year, mission, flight, radar paths, direction of acquisition and positions.
This information is made available through the INGV WEB pages to all interested users, in order to inform and share the results obtained with the scientific community. The site also contains explainations on the measurement methodology and instrumentations used including their peculiar characteristics many of which were made at the INGV Radio Frequency laboratory.
The Antarctic campaigns was supported by PNRA (National Research Programs in Antarctica) and refer to the measurements campaign: 1995-1996; 1996-1997; 1998-1999; 2000-2001; 2002-2003, while the Italian campaigns on alpine glaciers are more recent and highlight the recent climate changes Alpine glaciers are experiencing.
To make the acquired data accessible to users, two webGIS maps Italian and Antarctic have been created for a quick consultation of the database. The webGIS maps allow to view all the flights and information relating to the acquired data in the area of interest in an intuitive and interactive way making easier to consult and download the database data through a selection mask.