Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006agufm.p51d1218c&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, abstract #P51D-1218
Mathematics
Logic
0689 Wave Propagation (2487, 3285, 4275, 4455, 6934), 0694 Instruments And Techniques, 0994 Instruments And Techniques, 1729 Planetology
Scientific paper
This paper describes the main technical features of WISDOM (Water Ice and Subsurface Deposit Observations on Mars) Ground Penetrating Radar. This radar has been selected on the PASTEUR payload of the ESA ExoMars rover. The launch is scheduled in 2011. The main objective of this mission is to acquire and analyze samples of the shallow subsurface and search for traces of extinct or extant life. The WISDOM GPR aims at providing observations of the structure and layering of the upper layers of the subsurface in order to retrieve geological information that are of prime interest to select optimal sites to drill. It will also localize buried obstacles (rocks, boulders, ?)in the underground that will make the delicate drilling operations safer. WISDOM will operate in the UHF range from 500 MHz to 3 GHz and probe the first few meters of the subsurface with a high resolution (a few centimeters). The large bandwidth requirement (2.5 GHz) led us to select a gated step frequency technique for WISDOM. The Step Frequency technique is based on the analysis of the system in the frequency domain. The phase and amplitude of the reflected signal are measured at about 200 different frequencies effectively measuring the transfer function of the sub-surface between the transmitter and receiver antenna. The impulse response and eventually the distance of the reflecting structures can be obtained by performing an inverse Fourier transform of the measured transfer function. The broad band antennas have been designed in order to have a wide radiation pattern into the sub-surface and to avoid the direct coupling and allow co and cross polar measurements. To decrease the direct signal between the transmitter and the receiver or strong reflections from the surface, hardware range gating is implemented. The performances of the instrument operated in well characterized conditions will be presented
Berthelier Jean-Jacques
Ciarletti V.
Corbel Catherine
Dolon F.
Hamram S.
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