How Martian ionospheric dispersion effected on SAR imaging - EurekAlert

The subsurface of Mars records important historical information on the formation and evolution of Mars. As an ionized medium, the Martian ionosphere plays a special role in radio wave propagation and is directly related to the local communication on Mars and …

image: Time delay and signal shift caused by the ionosphere. a) and b) show the relationship between the time delay and the carrier frequency and TEC and that between the signal shift and the carrier… [+6655 chars]

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