Is the Martian water table hidden from radar view?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Farrell, W M ^a   Plaut, J J ^b   Cummer, S A ^c   Gurnett, D A ^d   Picardi, G ^e   Watters, T R ^f   Safaeinili, A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

CRUSTAL MATERIALS; DIRECT DETECTION; GROUND WATER TABLE; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; INTEGRAL PART; LIQUID WATER; MARS ADVANCED RADAR FOR SUBSURFACE AND IONOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS; MARS EXPRESS; RADAR DETECTION; RADAR ECHOES; SUB-SURFACES; WATER TABLES;

TRACKING RADAR;

AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; IONOSPHERE; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; RADAR; SPACECRAFT; WATER TABLE;

EID: 70350023223     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038945     Document Type: Article

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