Millimeter Wave Scatter and Attenuation Measurements on Snow Slabs.

Abstract

During the winter of 1977/78 RADC conducted a measurement program on the backscatter, bistatic scatter, and attenuation properties of metamorphic snow at millimeter wavelengths. After going through an aging process, snow cover on the ground develops sufficient internal strength so that slabs can be cut from it and removed for measurement. Low-power CW equipment was designed and constructed to conduct scatter and attenuation measurements on snow slabs at frequencies of 35, 98, and 140 GHz at vertical, horizontal and crossed polarizations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA112595

Entities

People

  • Dallas T. Hayes
  • Richard A. Marr
  • Uve H. W. Lammers

Organizations

  • Rome Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Backscattering
  • Climate Change
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Diffraction
  • Drops
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Metal Plates
  • Particles
  • Recording Systems
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Scatterometers
  • Solar Radiation
  • Temperature Gradients

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Polar and Arctic Studies

Technology Areas

  • 5G