Liquid water content measuring instrument WISe

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Based on capacitance technology and a concentric electrode design, the WISe device offers reliable LWC measurements over a perfectly controled snow sample volume. A reliable method based on the dielectric permittivity of snow in the MHz range The WISe technology, developed in collaboration with Météo-France, relies on the relation between the liquid water content, the density and the permittivity of snow in the MHz range. The technique was validated against the well-established calorimetry method. Application cases Snowmelt onset detection Snow avalanche forecasting Snow making quality assessment Radiative transfer calculations Remote sensing validation