Sounding and Signal Simulation of Complex Surface and Subsurface Structures for the WISDOM GPR

Christoph Statz (1) , Dirk Plettemeier (1) , Yun Lu (1) , Wolf-Stefan Benedix (1) , Sebastian Hegler (1) , Valérie Ciarletti (2) , Alice Le Gall (2) , Charlotte Corbel (2) , Nicolas Oudart (2) , Svein-Erik Hamran (3)

1 TU Dresden - Technische Universität Dresden = Dresden University of Technology
2 PLANETO - LATMOS
3 UiO - University of Oslo

Key in the interpretation and understanding of WISDOMs ground penetrating RADAR (GPR) measurements is the capability to correctly (and efficiently) simulate the instrument characteristics and the RADAR wave propagation in the Martian subsurface (the signal received by WISDOM), taking into account all relevant effects at large scale. In this contribution we present a ray tracing approach that can be applied to heterogeneous and inhomogeneous media and includes the antenna characteristics of the WISDOM instrument as well as rover structures

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

Christoph Statz, Dirk Plettemeier, Yun Lu, Wolf-Stefan Benedix, Sebastian Hegler, et al.. Sounding and Signal Simulation of Complex Surface and Subsurface Structures for the WISDOM GPR. 14th Europlanet Science Congress 2020, Sep 2020, Online, Germany. pp.EPSC2020-663. ⟨insu-03115445⟩