DocumentCode
1024939
Title
Snow Fork for Field Determination of the Density and Wetness Profiles of a Snow Pack
Author
Sihvola, Ari ; Tiuri, Martti
Author_Institution
Radio Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, SF-02150 Espoo, Finland
Issue
5
fYear
1986
Firstpage
717
Lastpage
721
Abstract
A radiowave sensor (a snow fork) for determining the density and wetness profiles of a snow pack with a single measurement has been developed. The snow fork is based on the measurement of the dielectric properties (real and imaginary part) of snow around 1 GHz. Due to the open structure of the resonator the measurement is nondestructive. Automatic measuring equipment guarantees instantaneous measurement results that can be recorded in the field.
Keywords
Bridge circuits; Coaxial components; Density measurement; Dielectric constant; Dielectric measurements; Frequency; Instruments; Laboratories; Permittivity measurement; Snow;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0196-2892
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TGRS.1986.289619
Filename
4072529
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