Radar Imaging and Topography of Tharsis, Olympus Mons, and Albor Tholis

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27..629j&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 629

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Elysium, Mars, Olympus Mons, Radar, Tharsis

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The 1995 Mars Opposition provided coverage of a range of latitudes not covered by 3.5-cm radar during any previous Mars' closest approach: sub-Earth latitudes between 16 degrees N. and 22 degrees N. Thus this opposition presented the opportunity to examine the Tharsis/Olympus region and other highland areas at new latitudes for ground-based Goldstone radar. However, the analysis of delay-Doppler radar data in mountainous terrain requires a more complicated fitting process than for the lowland planitiae that are mostly flat planes. Two special difficulties must be dealt with: (1.) the rapid change in elevation makes it difficult to position the rather narrow range window on the specific surface, (2.) the large slope reflects most of the signal power to directions other than back to the radar.

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