The 1971/1973 Mars data set acquired by the Goldstone Solar System Radar was analyzed. It was established that the seasonal variations in radar reflectivity thought to occur in only one locality on the planet (the Solis Lacus radar anomaly) occur, in fact, over the entire subequatorial belt observed by the Goldstone radar. Since liquid water appears to be the most likely cause of the reflectivity excursions, a permanent, year-round presence of subsurface water (frozen or thawed) in the Martian tropics can be inferred.


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    Titel :

    Mars: Seasonally variable radar reflectivity


    Beteiligte:
    Roth, L. E. (Autor:in) / Downs, G. S. (Autor:in) / Saunders, R. S. (Autor:in) / Schubert, G. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.1985


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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