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The measurement of water stored in snow packs is important to determine the efficient utilization of this water. Various methods have been used for this measurement but have not provided accuracies sufficient for precision analyses. Nuclear radiation is shown to be a useful tool for nondestructive water equivalent measurement. The scintillation detector was selected as a desired instrument, and the selection criteria, design features, and performance are presented. Although a unit of relatively high cost, this detector is shown to be capable of arbitrarily high resolution.

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Title:
Nuclear radiation snow gage. Bulletin no. 13
Authors:
McKean, George A.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1967-08
Description:
The measurement of water stored in snow packs is important to determine the efficient utilization of this water. Various methods have been used for this measurement but have not provided accuracies sufficient for precision analyses. Nuclear radiation is shown to be a useful tool for nondestructive water equivalent measurement. The scintillation detector was selected as a desired instrument, and the selection criteria, design features, and performance are presented. Although a unit of relatively high cost, this detector is shown to be capable of arbitrarily high resolution.
Subjects:
snow Measuring instruments Idaho
Series:
Bulletin (University of Idaho. Engineering Experiment Station)
IWRRI number:
196703
Rights:
In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
Publisher:
Engineering Experiment Station, University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
Jodi Haire
Date Digitized:
2008-01-18

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