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Proposal Identification No.:

RR2107

Date Received:

2005-Jun-01 09:29:22

Technical Page
Proposal Type: General Category: Sub-Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Regular Planetary Radar Radar Solar System 16 Hours

70-cm Wavelength Radar Observations of Mars

While Mars has b een studied during a numb er of favorable opp ositions using X- and S-band radar systems, there has b een no effort to characterize the surface using P-band frequencies since 1973. None of these 70-cm observations survive in digital form. We request 16 hours of observing time to measure the 70-cm backscattering prop erties of Mars, to (1) determine the variability in apparent Fresnel reflectivity and rms slop e as a guide to the design of a future Mars-orbital imaging radar system, (2) compare these derived parameters to the prop erties of the surface in visible, IR, and thermal IR data, and (3) search for correlations b etween these prop erties and changes in near-surface hydrogen abundance mapp ed by the Odyssey spacecraft [Feldman et al., 2002].

Name Bruce A Campbell

Institution Smithsonian

E-mail campbellb@si.edu

Phone 202 633 2472

Student no

Service Observing Request

Remot e Observing Request

X

None All of the observing run. Part of the observing run. Queue Observing

X

No Maybe Yes

Instrument Setup
430 CH receiver 430 CH radar Atmospheric Observation Instruments:

Sp ecial Equipment or setup:

none

RFI Considerations Frequency Ranges Planned

1