Snow Fork for Field Determination of the Density and Wetness Profiles of a Snow Pack
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Vol. GE-24 (5) , 717-721
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.1986.289619
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
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