Ionospheric Correction for MARSIS on Mars Express and Total Electron Content (TEC) Estimation

Jeremie Mouginot (1) , Wlodek Kofman (1) , Ali Safaeinili (2) , Alain Hérique (1)

1 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble
2 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory

MARSIS surface echoes need a ionospheric correction because the two-way travel through the ionosphere defocuses the signal. This process provides also a powerful tool to study the ionosphere and more particularly the Total Electron Content (TEC).

Jeremie Mouginot, Wlodek Kofman, Ali Safaeinili, Alain Hérique. Ionospheric Correction for MARSIS on Mars Express and Total Electron Content (TEC) Estimation. Seventh International Conference on Mars, Jul 2007, Pasadena, United States. pp.3138. ⟨insu-00359763⟩