The subsurface investigation by Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS)

Author

Picardi, G. ; Sorge, S. ; Seu, Roberto ; Orosei, R. ; Zelli, C. ; Zampolini, E.

Author_Institution

INFOCOM Dept., Rome Univ., Italy

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1730

Abstract

The Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) will fly aboard the European Space Agency Mars Express orbiter, launching in 2003, to perform subsurface, surface and ionosphere soundings on a global scale. The authors describe the main features of the radar sounder and have shown the expected penetration performance according to simplified models of the Martian crust composition and geometric structure

Keywords

Mars; planetary surfaces; radiotelescopes; remote sensing by radar; space vehicles; MARSIS; Mars; Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding; Mars Express orbiter; crust composition; geometric structure; instrument; measurement technique; penetration performance; planetary surface; radar astronomy; radar sounder; radioastronomy; radiotelescope; spacecraft; subsurface; Composite materials; Dielectric materials; Frequency; Geology; Ice; Ionosphere; Large-scale systems; Mars; Spaceborne radar; Surface morphology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.857327

Filename

857327