Measurement of the Water CONTENT OF Snow with Radioactive Isotopes

The measurement of the water content of snow using radioactive isotopes is based on the principle of measurement of the attenuation of the flux of gamma rays by the snow cover from a source situated beneath the snow cover. As the source it is possible to use some radioactive matter with a long half-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sternzat,M. S., Sapozhnikov,A. A.
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1965
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*SNOW
WATER SUPPLIES)
(*WATER SUPPLIES
MEASUREMENT)
GAMMA RAYS
ATTENUATION
COBALT
PARTICLES
DETECTION
METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS
USSR
COBALT 60
TRANSLATIONS
Ice
permafrost
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Summary:The measurement of the water content of snow using radioactive isotopes is based on the principle of measurement of the attenuation of the flux of gamma rays by the snow cover from a source situated beneath the snow cover. As the source it is possible to use some radioactive matter with a long half-life usually Co60, so that the intensity of its radiation in the course of several winter months can be considered constant. The radiation intensity is measured by special counters and scalers controlling electromechanical counters. (Author) Trans. of mono. Meteorologicheskie Pribory, Nablyudeniya i ikh Obrabotka (Meteorological Instruments, Observations and Their Processing), Leningrad, 1959.

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