Alpine snow depth measurements from aerial FMCW radar

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 123-134

  Yankielun, Norbert ^a   Rosenthal, Walter ^b   Davis, Robert E ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FMCW; Snow depth; Snowpack

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HELICOPTERS; RADAR;

RADAR MEASUREMENTS; SNOW DEPTH; SNOWPACKS; TRAMWAY;

SNOW;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DEPTH DETERMINATION; RADAR; SNOW;

EID: 4544381790     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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