Microwave Sensor for Snowpack Wetness and Density Profile Measurement

1 October 1982

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

p. 157-160
https://doi.org/10.1109/euma.1982.333156

Abstract

A microwave sensor for fast field measurements of snowpack wetness and density profiles is described. The sensor is an open resonator that can be pushed into snow. The resonant frequency (around 1 GHz) and the Q factor are automatically measured as a function of depth and converted to wetness and density values.

Keywords

MICROWAVE SENSORS
DENSITY MEASUREMENT
MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS
SNOW
DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS
RESONANT FREQUENCY
Q FACTOR
DIELECTRIC CONSTANT
REMOTE SENSING
PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Microwave Emission Signatures of Snow
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1982