Title :
On the possibility of detecting avalanche victims by microwave radiometry
Author :
Enander, B. ; Larson, G.
Author_Institution :
Division of Electromagnetic Theory, Royal Inst. of Technology, Stockholm Sweden
fDate :
11/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An experimental investigation has been made of the possibility of using a microwave radiometer to find humans covered by snow. When a radiometer operating at 1.4 GHz was moved along a track it registered a highly fluctuating radiation temperature of the snow covered ground. The increase in temperature when the radiometer passed over a human was so small that detection in general was impossible.
Keywords :
Biomedical radiation applications, electromagnetic; Buried-object detection; Microwave radio propagation meteorological factors; Microwave radiometry; Antenna measurements; Electromagnetic radiation; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; Humans; Ice; Land surface temperature; Microwave radiometry; Snow; Temperature measurement;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1976.1141430
