Anisotropy of seasonal snow measured by polarimetric phase differences in radar time series

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Leinss, Silvan, Löwe, H., Proksch, M., Lemmetyinen, Juha, Wiesmann, A., Hajnsek, Irena
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: Radarkonzepte; Sodankylä; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/100786/; http://www.the-cryosphere-discuss.net/9/issue6.html

Snow settles under the force of gravity and recrystallizes by vertical temperature gradients. Both effects are assumed to form oriented ice crystals which induce an anisotropy in mechanical, thermal, and dielectric properties of the snow pack. On microscopic scales, the anisotropy could be hitherto...