Characterization of snow cover using ground penetrating radar for vehicle trafficability - Experiments and modeling

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 189-202

  Lee, Jonah H ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT LAYERS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DRY SNOW; FIELD TESTING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; LAYERED MEDIUM; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MODELING AND SIMULATION; NON-CONTACT; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; SNOW COVERS; SNOW LAYER; STRIPPING METHODS; SUBSURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME VARYING; TRAFFICABILITY;

BANDPASS FILTERS; CERAMIC CAPACITORS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; REMOTE SENSING; STRIPPING (DYES); TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

SNOW;

EID: 68149182994     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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