Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars

R Orosei, SE Lauro, E Pettinelli, A Cicchetti, M Coradini… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The presence of liquid water at the base of the martian polar caps has long been suspected
but not observed. We surveyed the Planum Australe region using the MARSIS (Mars …

Dielectric properties of Jovian satellite ice analogs for subsurface radar exploration: A review

E Pettinelli, B Cosciotti, F Di Paolo… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The first European mission dedicated to the exploration of Jupiter and its icy moons (JUpiter
ICy moons Explorer—JUICE) will be launched in 2022 and will reach its final destination in …

A solid interpretation of bright radar reflectors under the Mars south polar ice

IB Smith, DE Lalich, C Rezza… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bright radar reflections observed beneath the south polar layered deposits (SPLD) by the
Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding instrument were …

Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS) after nine years of operation: A summary

R Orosei, RL Jordan, DD Morgan, M Cartacci… - Planetary and Space …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Mars Express, the first European interplanetary mission, carries the Mars Advanced
Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) to search for ice and water in the …

The basal detectability of an ice‐covered Mars by MARSIS

C Grima, J Mouginot, W Kofman… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The detection of anomalously strong relative basal reflectivity beneath the Martian South
Polar Layered Deposits (SPLD) from the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and …

Characteristics of the basal interface of the Martian south polar layered deposits

AR Khuller, JJ Plaut - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We expand on previous studies of the South Polar Layered Deposits'(SPLD) basal interface
using data acquired by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding …

A comprehensive analysis of free-space and guided-wave techniques for extracting the permeability and permittivity of materials using reflection-only measurements

RA Fenner, EJ Rothwell, LL Frasch - Radio Science, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The electromagnetic characterization of layered materials is often performed using reflection-
only measurements, and through the years several different techniques have been …

Analysis of radar sounder signals for the automatic detection and characterization of subsurface features

A Ferro, L Bruzzone - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radar sounders operating on satellite platforms (eg, radar sounding missions at Mars)
provide a huge amount of data that currently are mostly analyzed by means of manual …

Dielectric measurements and radar attenuation estimation of ice/basalt sand mixtures as martian Polar Caps analogues

E Mattei, SE Lauro, G Vannaroni, B Cosciotti, F Bella… - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
The nature of the materials underlying the superficial deposits of Mars can be inferred,
applying an inversion algorithm, from the data acquired by the orbiting HF radars MARSIS …

Performance validation of the ExoMars 2018 WISDOM GPR in ice caves, Austria

S Dorizon, V Ciarletti, D Plettemeier… - Planetary and Space …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The WISDOM (Water Ice Subsurface Deposits Observations on Mars) Ground
Penetrating Radar has been selected to be part of the ExoMars 2018 exobiological rover …