Theoretical Modeling of Multi-frequency Tomography Radar Observations of Snow Stratigraphy

Traditionally, a snow stratigraphy is characterized through a snow pit study. It only represents a snapshot view of the snow vertical properties and cannot capture the continually evolving snow process. This type of study is also destructive and time-consuming. Recent studies show that by using multi-baseline SAR configuration, the tomographic processing can provide the vertical image of the snowpack and monitor temporal variability. In this study, the full wave solution of the forward model will be used to reconstruct the tomograms and relate snow properties with the images.