Range compression optimization for subsurface investigation in the MARSIS experiment

Author

Restano, M. ; Masdea, A. ; Picardi, G. ; Seu, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., Electr. & Telecommun. Eng. (DIET), Univ. of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2012

fDate

21-23 May 2012

Firstpage

367

Lastpage

370

Abstract

This work deals with the range compression applied to MARSIS (Mars Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding) data proposing a new approach to improve the S/N after matched filtering for both surface and subsurface responses. It will be also illustrated how the geometric term correction can be performed on a particular class of data previously not correctable according to surface/subsurface theoretical models. Finally, it will be demonstrated how a better estimation of the volume scattering can be obtained.

Keywords

Mars; ground penetrating radar; matched filters; MARSIS experiment; geometric term correction; mars radar for subsurface and ionosphere sounding; range compression optimization; subsurface investigation; surface-subsurface theoretical models; volume scattering; Chirp; Ionosphere; Mars; Radar; Rough surfaces; Scattering; Surface roughness; Data analysis; Ground penetrating radar; MARSIS; Mars; Signal processing algorithms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Radar and Wireless Communications (MIKON), 2012 19th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Warsaw

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1435-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2012.6233546

Filename

6233546