Dielectric properties of brine-wetted snow on first-year sea ice

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 47-56

  Geldsetzer, Torsten ^a   Langlois, Alexandre ^b   Yackel, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brine; Dielectric properties; Sea ice; Snow properties

Indexed keywords

DEPOLARIZATION FACTOR; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; DIELECTRIC MIXTURES; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST-YEAR SEA ICES; FREQUENCY DISPERSION; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; SNOW PROPERTIES; THEORETICAL TREATMENTS;

CERAMIC CAPACITORS; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERMITTIVITY; SEA ICE; TITRATION; VOLUME FRACTION; WETTING;

SNOW;

BRINE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; MODELING; SEA ICE; SNOW;

EID: 67349229788     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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