ARCB/GSSR M RADIO TELESC DERIVED RADAR MODEL UNIT MAP V1.0

A model for Mars depolarized radar echo power that (1) matches the observed variation of total radar cross section with longitude and (2) produces model spectra that have the broad features of spectra published for Goldstone Solar System Radar and for Arecibo Observatory 1980 to 1982 observations. This model assumes that different geologic units on Mars backscatter in a uniformly bright manner, where radar echo power is A * Cosine (angle of incidence), where A varies across the planet. This model assigns depolarized radar echo power on a degree-by-degree basis in latitude and longitude.

Data and Resources

This dataset has no data

Additional Info

Field Value
Maintainer Thomas Morgan
Last Updated July 17, 2025, 14:55 (UTC)
Created March 31, 2025, 16:13 (UTC)
Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.arcb-gssr-m-rtls-5-model-v1.0_a2bz-uq3j
Issued 2021-05-21
Modified 2023-01-26
Theme {"Earth Science"}
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity irregular
bureauCode {026:00}
catalog_@context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
catalog_@id https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
harvest_object_id 9344e61d-2eda-4900-88a5-b25a38fd0e54
harvest_source_id 61638e72-b36c-4866-9d28-551a3062f158
harvest_source_title DNG Legacy Data
landingPage https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=ARCB%2FGSSR-M-RTLS-5-MODEL-V1.0
license http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
programCode {026:005}
publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
references {https://pds.nasa.gov}
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 253b477bfc7b6c2a4dec34fe32c3b375e297ba4fa8346ea2892d2807d4e816af
source_schema_version 1.1