Complex dielectric permittivity measurements from ground-penetrating radar data to estimate snow liquid water content in the pendular regime

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Bradford, John H ^a   Harper, Joel T ^b   Brown, Joel ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DRY SNOW; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; GRAVIMETRIC METHODS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; LIQUID WATER; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MOUNTAIN BASINS; MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK; SIGNAL ATTENUATION; SNOW DENSITY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; THREE PHASE SYSTEM; WATER STORAGE;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LANDFORMS; LIQUIDS; PERMITTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SNOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATER CONTENT;

ARID REGION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FORESTED CATCHMENT; GRAVIMETRY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MOUNTAIN REGION; PERMITTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 70349771952     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007341     Document Type: Article

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