Snow Probe for In Situ Determination of Wetness and Density

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1152-1159

  Kendra, John R ^a   Ulaby, Fawwaz T ^a   Sarabandi, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; IMAGE QUALITY; PROBES; SENSORS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SNOW;

SNOW LIQUID WATER CONTENT; SNOW PROBE; WETNESS DETERMINATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0028542555     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.338363     Document Type: Article

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