Published 1974
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Report
Areal snowpack water-equivalent determinations using airborne measurements of passive terrestrial gamma radiation
Description
Airborne measurement of the areal average of the water equivalent of snow by the terrestrial gamma attenuation method is accurate to 1.2 cm or 10 percent whichever is greater. Airborne survey data from study areas in the midwest show that airborne radon daughters, soil moisture, and gamma counting statistics are the predominant sources of error. The method has good potential for large, rapid areal measurements of water equivalent over flat or rolling terrain
Additional details
Additional titles
- Augmented title (English)
- Water equivalent of snow
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Advanced concepts and techniques in the study of snow and ice resources
- Imprint Pagination
- p. 594-603.
- Report number
- CONF-731201--
Conference
- Title
- Symposium on advanced concepts and techniques in the study of snow and ice resources.
- Dates
- 2 Dec 1973.
- Place
- Monterey, California, USA.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 7245862
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- AERIAL MONITORING; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DEPTH; EARTH CRUST; GAMMA SOURCES; GAMMA SPECTROMETERS; MEASURING METHODS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; SNOW; SOILS; WATER
- Descriptors DEC
- DIMENSIONS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROMETERS
Optional Information
- Notes
- National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C. $11.00.