Accurate inversion of high-resolution snow penetrometer signals for microstructural and micromechanical properties

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Marshall, Hans Peter ^a,b   Johnson, Jerome B ^c  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c University of Alaska   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PENETROMETER; SIGNAL; SNOWPACK;

ALASKA; ALPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954339059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001269     Document Type: Article

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