A portable FM-CW radar for collecting the ground truth data of snowpack

Author

Sasaki, Masami ; Suzuki, Masahiro ; Kawamura, Toshiyuki ; Fujino, Kazuo

Author_Institution

Hokkaido Inst. of Technol., Sapporo, Japan

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

1648

Abstract

A portable FM-CW radar system for collecting the ground truth data of snowpack, such as snow depth, density, snow stratigraphy and so on, was developed. The net weight and the sizes of the main frame of this system were 7.8 kg and 153(W)×568(D)×173(H) mm respectively. The microwave frequency was swept linearly over the range, 8 to 18 GHz. Using the data collected by the system moving on the snow surface, the topography of the internal layered structure in the snowpack were composed and displayed on the LCD. Experimental results showed the validity of this portable radar for collecting the ground truth data of snowpack in the microwave observation from satellites

Keywords

frequency modulation; hydrological equipment; portable instruments; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; snow; 8 to 18 GHz; CW; FM; SHF microwave radar; density; depth; frequency diversity radar; ground truth; hydrology; internal layered structure; measurement technique; portable radar; snow cover; snowpack; swept frequency radar; Area measurement; Density measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; Microwave measurements; Radar remote sensing; Satellite broadcasting; Snow; Spaceborne radar; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322444

Filename

322444