Proof-of-Concept for a Ground-Based Dual-Receiver Radar Architecture to Estimate Snowpack Parameters for Wet Snow

Snow is an important environmental variable and a primary water resource in many areas of the world. Monitoring seasonal snowpack properties also crucial for properly managing snow-related hazards such as snow avalanches snowmelt floods. Recently, innovative radar architecture, based on use two receivers, has been proposed monitoring case dry snow, where depth bulk density can be calculated with one single measurement, without any kind external aid. This article presents extension this architecture wet snow. The approach to determine, not only but liquid content, outlined discussed detail, along experimental validation operating principle cases.