Avalanche rescue using Ground penetrating radar

Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR 2004

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 785-788

  Modroo, Justin J ^a   Olhoeft, Gary R ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche rescue; Ground penetrating radar; Snow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; PERMITTIVITY; SNOW; TRANSCEIVERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AVALANCHE RESCUE; BODY MASS EQUIVALENT (BME); GPR SIGNATURE; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

EID: 16244365559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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