Title :
Theoretical and experimental studies of dry snow effective permittivity in the 18 to 90 GHz range
Author :
Huining, Wang ; Pulliainen, Jouni ; Hallikainen, Martti
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Space Technol., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
The effective permittivity properties of several dry snow types are examined in the 18 to 90 GHz range. The experimental data on the extinction coefficient of dry snow κe are employed to derive the effective permittivity. A comparison between the derived effective permittivity and effective permittivity based on strong fluctuation theory is conducted. The range of validity of strong fluctuation theory model for dry snow effective permittivity is examined by using the experimental data
Keywords :
modelling; permittivity; remote sensing; snow; 18 to 90 GHz; dry snow; effective permittivity properties; extinction coefficient; microwave remote sensing; strong fluctuation theory model; Electromagnetic scattering; Equations; Extinction coefficients; Fluctuations; Frequency; Particle scattering; Permittivity; Predictive models; Snow; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology Proceedings, 1998. ICMMT '98. 1998 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4308-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICMMT.1998.768460
