Impact of the plasma fluctuations in the Martian ionosphere on the performance of the synthetic aperture ground-penetrating radar

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1458-1466

  Ilyushin, Ya A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Ionosphere; Mars; Multiple phase screen technique; Plasma irregularities; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION FUNCTION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; MARS; MARTIAN IONOSPHERE; MULTIPLE PHASE SCREEN TECHNIQUE; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHASE SCREEN; PLASMA FLUCTUATIONS; PLASMA IRREGULARITIES; RADAR PULSE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVEBANDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PLASMAS; PROJECTION SCREENS; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 70149123836     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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