Acoustic sensors for snowdrift measurements: How should they be used for research purposes?

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-87

  Cierco, François Xavier ^a   Naaim Bouvet, Florence ^a   Bellot, Hervé ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic sensor; Blowing snow; Calibration; Field measurements; Flowcapt; Flux measurements; Snowdrift

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACOUSTIC SENSOR; FLUX MEASUREMENT; SNOWDRIFT;

SNOW;

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE FLUX; SENSOR; SNOW;

EID: 34248587928     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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