MULTIPURPOSE INSTRUMENTED AVALANCHE ROD FOR INVESTIGATION OF SNOW STABILITY AND COMFORTABLE SAFE MOVEMENT IN SNOW BOUND AREAS

摘要

The present invention discloses a multipurpose instrumented avalanche rod for investigation of snow stability and comfortable safe movement in snow bound areas said rod comprising: a light weight durable rod; a handle; a load cell assembly located near the said handle far away from the contact surface of the material for measuring the peneration resisting force; a data storage and acquisition and display system; an avalanche victim detector; a location tracking system; a magnetic field sensor assembly comprising of magnetic field sensors; wherein at least one thermocouple for measurement of one temperature layer is situated near the tip inside of the said avalanche rod. Fig. 1.