A theory of pressure sensor performance in snow

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-64

  Johnson, Jerome B ^a  

^a Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Snow hydrology; Snow mechanics; Snow pressure sensor theory; Snow water equivalent measurement accuracy; Snow soil interface thermal processes

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDROLOGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHEAR STRESS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PRESSURE SENSOR PERFORMANCE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT (SWE);

SNOW;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; PRESSURE FIELD; SHEAR STRAIN; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

EID: 0842284402     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1310     Document Type: Article

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