Effective permittivity of wet snow using Strong Fluctuation Theory

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 31, Issue , 2001, Pages 273-290

  Arslan, A N ^a   Wang, H ^a   Pulliainen, J ^b   Hallikainen, M ^b  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION FUNCTION; EFFECTIVE PERMITTIVITY; LIQUID WATER; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING; STRONG FLUCTUATION THEORY; THREE PHASE MODEL; TWO-PHASE MODEL;

PERMITTIVITY;

SNOW;

EID: 17744381892     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER00071709     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Cumming, W., "The dielectric properties of ice and snow at 3.2 centimeters," J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 23, 768-773, 1952.
2. Glen, J. W. and P. G. Paren, "The electrical properties of snow and ice," J. Glaciol., Vol. 15, 15-38, 1975.
3. Colbeck, S. C., "Liquid distribution and the dielectric constant of wet snow," Presented at NASA Workshop on Microwave Remote Sensing of Snowpack Properties, NASA CP2153, Ft. Collins, CO, May 20-22, 1980.
4. Ambach, W. and A. Denoth, "The dielectric behavior of snow: A study versus liquid water content," Presented at NASA Workshop on Microwave Remote Sensing of Snowpack Properties, NASA CP2153, Ft. Collins, CO, May 20-22, 1980.
5. Hallikainen, M., F. Ulaby, and M. Abdelrazik, "Dielectric properties of snow in 3 to 37 GHz range," IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 34, No. 11, 1329-1340, 1986.
6. Jin, Y. Q. and J. A. Kong, "Strong fluctuation theory for electromagnetic wave scattering by a layer of random discrete scatters," J. Applied Physics, Vol. 55, 1364-1369, 1984.
7. Jin, Y. Q., "The radiative transfer equation for strongly-fluctu-ation continuous random media," J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer., Vol. 42, 529-537, 1989.
8. Tsang, L. and J. A. Kong, "Scattering of electromagnetic waves for random media with strong permittivity fluctuations," Radio Sci., Vol. 16, 303-320, 1981.
9. Tsang, L., J. A. Kong, and R. T. Shin, Theory of Remote Sensing, Wiley Series in Remote Sensing, J. A. Kong (ed.), 162-168, New York, 1985.
10. Nghiem, S. V., R. Kwok, J. A. Kong, and R. T. Shin, "A model with ellipsoidal scatterers for polarimetric remote sensing of ani-sotropic layered media," Radio Sci., Vol. 28, 687-703, 1993.
11. Nghiem, S. V., R. Kwok, S. H. Yueh, J. A. Kong, C. C. Hsu, M. A. Tassoudji, and R. T. Shin, "Polarimetric scattering from layered media with multiple species of scatterers," Radio Sci., Vol. 30, 835-852, 1995.
12. Nghiem, S. V., R. Kwok, J. A. Kong, R. T. Shin, S. A. Arcone, and A. J. Gow, "An electrothermodynamic model with distributed properties for effective permittivity of sea ice," Radio Sci., Vol. 31, 297-311, 1996.
13. Wigneron, J-P., Y. H. Kerr, A. Chanzy, and Y. Q. Jin, "Inversion of surface parameter from passive microwave measurement over a soybean field," Remote Sens. Environ., Vol. 46, 61-72, 1993.