In this work, new investigations are performed on the detection of rocks buried in sandy Martian soils with a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system. The aim of the analysis is the evaluation of GPR performance in connection with the planned ExoMars mission. An experimental setup has been realised, consisting of a box, filled with a synthetic silica mixture having electromagnetic properties similar to a dry sandy Martian soil, where basaltic rocks have been buried and detected through a commercial GPR system. Numerical models of the scenarios have also been implemented in order to easily perform suitable parametric analyses involving physical and geometrical characteristics of both the scatterers and the hosting media. © 2011 EurAAP.
GPR reconstruction of the features of Martian subsoil in the frame of the ExoMars mission / G., Valerio; P. M., Barone; S. E., Lauro; E., Mattei; E., Pettinelli; Galli, Alessandro. - ELETTRONICO. - (2011), pp. 2615-2617. ( 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2011 Rome 10 April 2011 through 15 April 2011).
GPR reconstruction of the features of Martian subsoil in the frame of the ExoMars mission
GALLI, Alessandro
2011
Abstract
In this work, new investigations are performed on the detection of rocks buried in sandy Martian soils with a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system. The aim of the analysis is the evaluation of GPR performance in connection with the planned ExoMars mission. An experimental setup has been realised, consisting of a box, filled with a synthetic silica mixture having electromagnetic properties similar to a dry sandy Martian soil, where basaltic rocks have been buried and detected through a commercial GPR system. Numerical models of the scenarios have also been implemented in order to easily perform suitable parametric analyses involving physical and geometrical characteristics of both the scatterers and the hosting media. © 2011 EurAAP.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
