Martian northern polar cap: Layering and possible implications for radar sounding

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1195-1207

  Ilyushin, Yaroslaw A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate record; Ground penetrating radar; Mars; Polar ice sheets

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; RADAR;

CLIMATE RECORD; POLAR CAPS; RADAR REFLECTIVITY; RADAR SOUNDING;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 9244244222     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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