WISDOM/ExoMars2020: A Calibrated and Fully Characterized Ground Penetrating Radar Ready to Sound the Martian Subsurface

Yann Herve (1) , Valérie Ciarletti (1) , Alice Le Gall (1) , Charlotte Corbel (2) , Dirk Plettemeier (3) , André-Jean Vieau (2) , Benjamin Lustrement (2) , Olivier Humeau (2) , Rafik Hassen-Khodja (2) , Wolf Stefan Benedix (3) , Nicolas Oudart (1) , Emmanuel Bertran (2) , Laurent Lapauw (2) , Vivien Tranier (2) , Francis Vivat (2) , S. Hegler (3)

1 PLANETO - LATMOS
2 LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales
3 TU Dresden - Technische Universität Dresden = Dresden University of Technology

We present measurements that have been performed on the WISDOM/ExoMars radar FM to check the instrument performances and obtain reference data that will be used on Mars to produce calibrated data and allow quantitative analysis.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]

Yann Herve, Valérie Ciarletti, Alice Le Gall, Charlotte Corbel, Dirk Plettemeier, et al.. WISDOM/ExoMars2020: A Calibrated and Fully Characterized Ground Penetrating Radar Ready to Sound the Martian Subsurface. Ninth International Conference on Mars, Jul 2019, Pasadena, United States. pp.LPI Contribution No. 2089. ⟨insu-02292510⟩