Using the Subsurface Soil Sounding Radar for Investigating the Structure and Total Electron Content of the Martian Ionosphere |
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Authors: | V?M?Smirnov O?V?Yushkova Email author" target="_blank">V?N?MarchukEmail author |
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Institution: | 1.Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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Abstract: | The possibilities of using the Martian soil subsurface sounding radar for investigating the structure of the plasma shell surrounding the planet have been considered. Based on the numerical modeling results and actual soil sounding data, it has been shown that the soil sounding mode of the radio-locating MARSIS radar can be used to assess the structure of the Martian ionosphere. As the emitted signals pass to the planet’s surface, it is possible to use the reflected signals to estimate the total electron content of the Martian ionosphere along the flight track of the spacecraft. |
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