DocumentCode
40940
Title
Comments on “An Inversion of Planetary Rough Surface Permittivity From Radar Sounder Observations”
Author
Grima, Cyril
Author_Institution
Inst. for Geophys., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Volume
13
fYear
2014
fDate
2014
Firstpage
1812
Lastpage
1813
Abstract
Ye and Jin presented a method to derive the soil dielectric permittivity from radar surface echoes when a Digital Elevation Model of the observed region is known. However, this method has been already extensively applied on Mars, and the scientific protocol to demonstrate its efficiency only derives the numerical uncertainties inherent to the simulation tool used by the authors.
Keywords
planetary remote sensing; radar applications; remote sensing by radar; rough surfaces; soil; Mars; digital elevation model; numerical uncertainties; planetary rough surface permittivity inversion; radar sounder observation; radar surface echoes; simulation tool; soil dielectric permittivity; Dielectric constant; Mars; Optical surface waves; Radar; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness; Surface topography; Cratered rough surface; parameter inversions; radar echoes;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1225
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LAWP.2014.2329414
Filename
6827185
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