Venus subsurface ionosphere radar sounder: VENSIS

Author

Biccari, D. ; Calabrese, Dominic ; Gurnett, D. ; Huff, R. ; Marinangeli, L. ; Jordan, R. ; Nielsen, E. ; Ori, G.G. ; Picardi, G. ; PIaut, J. ; Provvedi, F. ; Seu, R. ; Zampolini, E.

Author_Institution

INFOCOM Dept., Rome Univ., Italy

fYear

2004

fDate

6-9 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

931

Lastpage

937

Abstract

The main features of the VENSIS radar in the VENUS EXPRESS mission are shown and the expected subsurface and ionosphere sounding performance have been discussed, according to the models of the Venus crust composition, geometric structure and ionosphere environment. VENSIS complements Magellan data of the surface and subsurface of Venus by using long wavelength sounding radar to probe the third dimension of the Venusian crust. Ionosphere sounding improves new unique data in the solar wind interactions with the planet, and is used to monitor the atmosphere for lightning.

Keywords

Venus; geographic information systems; geophysics; geophysics computing; ionosphere; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; VENSIS; Venus crust composition; Venus subsurface ionosphere radar sounder; geometric structure; ionosphere environment; Atmosphere; Ionosphere; Lightning; Monitoring; Planets; Probes; Radar; Solid modeling; Surface waves; Venus;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

3D Data Processing, Visualization and Transmission, 2004. 3DPVT 2004. Proceedings. 2nd International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2223-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDPVT.2004.1335415

Filename

1335415