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Principal Authors:
Fawwaz T. Ulaby
David G. Long,

Contributing Authors:
William Blackwell
Charles Elachi
Adrian Fung
Chris Ruf
Kamal Sarabandi
Jakob van Zyl
Howard Zebker

Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-472-11935-6


Code 4.5: Relative Dielectric Constant of Dry Snow

Code Name: RelDielConst_DrySnow.m

Description: Code computes dielectric constant of dry snow.

Input Variables:

  vi:    Volume fraction of ice (related to snow density by vi = ρs/0.9167)
  T:    Temperature (°C)
  f:    Frequency (GHz)

Output Products:

  ε' ds:    Real part of dielectric constant of dry snow (unitless)
  ε'' ds:    Imaginary part of dielectric constant of dry snow (unitless)

Book Reference: Section 4-6.1 and Eqs. (4.55) and (4.57)

Code: module4_5.m