Monitoring the dry density and the liquid water content of snow using time domain reflectometry (TDR)

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-136

  Stein, Jean ^a   Laberge, Gaetan ^b   Lévesque, Denis ^c  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b Consultants Forestiers DGR ^*  (Canada)

^c Centre de Recherche sur le Bois   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density; Liquid; Measurement; Snow; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ERROR ANALYSIS; FREEZING; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REFLECTOMETERS;

LIQUID WATER CONTENT DETERMINATION; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (TDR);

SNOW;

LIQUID WATER CONTENT; SNOW; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 0031105204     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-232X(96)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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