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Four Station Interferometric Radar Observations of MarsPlanetary targets have been observed with radar since the late 1950s when it was first used for ranging experiments with the Moon. As telescope size and power increased, it became possible to observe more distant targets (Venus, Mars, and the outer satellites). Inherent to radar observations is the uncertainty as to the source of the reflection, there being two points where range and Doppler rings intersect on a sphere. The use of interferometric methods, first used on the moon with two stations and later on Venus and Mars, solved this problem. We extend the method through the addition of a fourth receiving telescope (thus doubling the number of projected baselines) and integration of the newly available Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) topographic datasets.
Document ID
20020074744
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Larsen, K. W.
(Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO United States)
Jurgens, R. F.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Arvidson, R. E.
(Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO United States)
Slade, M. A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Haldemann, A. F.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
Publication Information
Publication: Solar System Remote Sensing
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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