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On the base of the laser altimetry results obtained using the orbital altimeter MOLA (the MGS mission) and the data of radio occultation experiments of transionospheric sounding of the Mars ionosphere, a method for interpretation of the planet radar sounding data is developed. The proposed method includes a program package for numerical simulation of the process of radiowave propagation through the media under study.
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Original Russian Text © V.M. Smirnov, L.F. Chernaya, O.V. Yushkova, K.N. Rykov, 2006, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2006, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 332–343.
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Smirnov, V.M., Chernaya, L.F., Yushkova, O.V. et al. Radar sounding of Mars from the orbit of the Mars-Express automatic interplanetary station. Cosmic Res 44, 317–328 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952506040058
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