DocumentCode
1010360
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
Volume
24
Issue
6
fYear
1976
fDate
11/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
899
Lastpage
901
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1976.1141430
Filename
1141430
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