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Laser Scanning of Natural and Artificial Snow Packs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

Kazuhiko Itagaki ,
G.E. Lemieux  and
Nina Ji
Kazuhiko Itagaki
Affiliation:
USA CRREL, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755, U.S.A.
G.E. Lemieux
Affiliation:
USA CRREL, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755, U.S.A.
Nina Ji
Affiliation:
USA CRREL, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755, U.S.A.
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Abstract

In an effort to numerically describe a snow pack as a disordered aggregate of irregularlyshaped particles, a new optical analysis system was conceived. The system measures light transmission through snow samples impregnated with an opaque fluid. The analysis of the results is presented.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 367: Symposium P – Fractal Aspects of Materials , 1994 , 379
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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