Ground-based frequency-modulated continuous wave radar measurements in wet and dry snowpacks, Colorado, USA: An analysis and summary of the 2002-03 NASA CLPX data

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3609-3622

  Marshall, Hans Peter ^a,b   Koh, Gary ^c   Forster, Richard R ^d  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^c Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

CLPX; Microwave radar; Remote sensing; Snow; Snow water equivalent (SWE)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SNOW;

ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSITIONS; FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVES (FMCW); MICROWAVE RADARS; SNOWPACK;

RADAR;

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144273139     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5804     Document Type: Article

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