A model of diffuse radar scattering from Martian surface rocks

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Mars Surface, Radar Scattering, Remote Sensing, Rocks, Doppler Effect, Formyl Ions, Radar Echoes, Scattering Cross Sections

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The authors have modeled the depolarized component of diffuse scattering of radar energy from Mars based on a surface distribution of rock abundance derived from thermal-infrared measurements. Two physically plausible models for the orientation of surface rocks were used, and plots of scattering cross section as a function of Doppler shift were derived. The modeled spectral shapes showed some similarities to observed spectra and in general had magnitudes within about a factor of 2 of measured values. Surface inhomogeneities may account for the discrepancies between measured and modeled spectra but scattering by subsurface elements may also play an important role.

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