Method of determining the water equivalent depth of snowfall using neutrons of cosmic rays
US4047042A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 1975 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 1995 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01W1/14
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of determining a depth of an accumulation of snow in which the water-equivalent depth of an accumulation of snow is determined from the count of survival neutrons of cosmic rays after passing through an accumulation of snow.
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