Title :
Estimation of the density of the snowfall particle using electric balances and 2DVD
Author :
Horiuchi, S. ; Shimaya, N. ; Nurzynska, K. ; Kubo, M. ; Muramoto, K. ; Fujiyoshi, Y.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Natural Sci. & Technol., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa, Japan
Abstract :
There are various types of snow particle, like hail, sleet, snowflake, etc. Understanding the differences of density of snow particles allow to better estimate the precipitation rate with the meteorological radar. The purpose of this study is to calculate the snowfall rate and the snow depth using three electronic balances and 2-dimensional video distrometer and to estimate the density of the snow particle as a relation between snowfall rate and snow depth at a short time interval.
Keywords :
atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric techniques; ice; meteorological radar; snow; 2-dimensional video distrometer; electric balances; electronic balance; hail particle; meteorological radar; precipitation rate; snow depth; snowfall particle density estimation; snowfall rate; snowflake; Area measurement; Atmospheric measurements; Cameras; Estimation; Histograms; Particle measurements; Snow; density; electric balance; snowfall rate; two-dimensional video distrometer;
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference (SICE), 2011 Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0714-8