Open AccessCosmic Ray Neutrons Reveal Mountain Snowpacks
Author(s) -
Terri Cook
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo082485
Subject(s) - cosmic ray , neutron , geology , environmental science , physics , astronomy , nuclear physics
The first application of aboveground neutron sensing to evaluate alpine snowpacks indicates that this method can reliably detect average snow depth and water content across intermediate distances.