An unattended gamma monitor for the determination of snow water equivalent (SWE) using the natural ground gamma radiation

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 983-988

  Martin, J P ^a   Houdayer, A ^a   Lebel, C ^a   Choquette, Y ^b   Lavigne, P ^b   Ducharme, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; FIELD TEST; GAMMA RADIATION; ITS DATA; NAI DETECTOR; RADIATION MONITORS; SNOW PACKS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SOLAR POWER;

COSMOLOGY; FIRMWARE; GAMMA RAYS; SATELLITE LINKS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOLAR ENERGY; STREAM FLOW;

SNOW;

EID: 67649160174     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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