Item: A Portable Capacitance Snow Sounding Instrument
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Title: A Portable Capacitance Snow Sounding Instrument
Proceedings: Proceedings of the 1998 International Snow Science Workshop, Sunriver, Oregon
Authors:
- Michel Y. Louge
- Robert L. Foster
- Newel Jensen
- Ralph Patterson
Date: 1998
Abstract: We describe a penetration field-portable capacitance instrument capable of recording profiles of dielectric permittivity at a horizontal resolution of 2.5 mm through layers of relatively dry snow packs. Using independent calibrations, measurements of the dielectric modulus through a typical winter snow pack provided an accurate profile of density later confirmed by the excavation of a detailed snow cover profile.
Language of Article: English
Presenters: Unknown
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow density, snow electrical properties, snow water equivalent, snow stratigraphy
Page Number(s): 202-207
Subjects: avalanche forecasting snow stratigraphy snow density
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