Measurement of snow cover thickness by radar sounding
Abstract
A new radar method for investigating snow cover developed at the Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Research Institute is described and shown to be effective for measuring the ground snow cover thickness at mid-latitudes, which varies from several centimeters to a meter or more. A pulsed radar instrument emitting at a center frequency of 10 GHz and producing peak pulse power of 3 watts is described. The radio wave propagation velocity in snow is determined from measurements of the snow density and temperature along the radar sounding routes. The method and equipment can be used to measure snow thickness on various underlying surfaces and to measure the thickness of ice on fresh water.
- Publication:
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USSR Rept Electron Elec Eng JPRS UEE
- Pub Date:
- October 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984RpEEE........1B
- Keywords:
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- Ice;
- Pulse Radar;
- Radar Measurement;
- Snow Cover;
- Radio Waves;
- Temperature Measurement;
- Thickness;
- Wave Propagation;
- Communications and Radar