Correction of the ionospheric distortion on the MARSIS surface sounding echoes

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 917-926

  Mouginot, J ^a   Kofman, W ^a   Safaeinili, A ^b   Herique, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Ionospheric dispersion compensation; Mars; MARSIS; Total electron content

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

IONOSPHERIC DISPERSION COMPENSATION; IONOSPHERIC DISTORTIONS; MARS ADVANCED RADAR FOR SUBSURFACE AND IONOSPHERIC SOUNDING (MARSIS); PLASMA DISPERSION FUNCTION; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 42749095393     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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