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An extension of the fieldwork period into the winter season would be desirable. The project \u201cArkeologi i veien?\u201d aimed to develop practical solutions for efficient motorised GPR surveys on snow and to evaluate to what extent the thickness of the snow cover affects data quality. Four sites with known archaeological remains in the ground have been investigated under snowless conditions and with snow cover. The comparative data analysis showed that GPR surveys can result in useful data even on areas covered with one metre of snow. This study shows that different temperatures and resulting variable snow conditions can have a strong effect on the quality of the generated GPR data. The possibility for GPR measurements on snow offers the opportunity to extend fieldwork into the winter period without conflicting with the growing season; however, local weather and snow conditions have to be closely observed in order to obtain useful prospection data.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs11212485","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,25]],"date-time":"2019-10-25T04:41:27Z","timestamp":1571978487000},"page":"2485","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Archaeological Prospection with Motorised Multichannel Ground-Penetrating Radar Arrays on Snow-Covered Areas in Norway"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7368-7865","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Manuel","family":"Gabler","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, Storgata 2, 0155 Oslo, Norway"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9447-7691","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Immo","family":"Trinks","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology, Hohe Warte 38, 1190 Vienna, Austria"}]},{"given":"Erich","family":"Nau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, Storgata 2, 0155 Oslo, Norway"}]},{"given":"Alois","family":"Hinterleitner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Hohe Warte 38, 1190 Vienna, Austria"}]},{"given":"Knut","family":"Paasche","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, Storgata 2, 0155 Oslo, Norway"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2442-2921","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lars","family":"Gustavsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, Storgata 2, 0155 Oslo, Norway"}]},{"given":"Monica","family":"Kristiansen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, Storgata 2, 0155 Oslo, Norway"}]},{"given":"Christer","family":"Tonning","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vestfold County, Svend Foyngate 9, 3126 T\u00f8nsberg, Norway"}]},{"given":"Petra","family":"Schneidhofer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vestfold County, Svend Foyngate 9, 3126 T\u00f8nsberg, Norway"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9598-9231","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matthias","family":"Kucera","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology, Hohe Warte 38, 1190 Vienna, Austria"}]},{"given":"Wolfgang","family":"Neubauer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology, Hohe Warte 38, 1190 Vienna, Austria"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Conyers, L. 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