| Summary: | Focuses on the capabilities of radar sounding and imaging systems to address issues such as: the subsurface geology and distribution of water on the Earth, Moon, Mars, and Europa, investigating the paleohydrology of planetary surfaces and identifying potential subsurface habitats capable of sustaining primitive life forms. Sponsored by: Lunar and Planetary Institute, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Southwest Research Institute. Conveners: Essam Heggy., Lunar and Planetary Institute, Stephen Clifford, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Tom Farr, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cynthia Dinwiddie, Southwest Research Institute, Bob Grimm, Southwest Research Institute. PARTIAL CONTENTS: The Goldstone Solar System Radar: 1988-2003 Earth-based Mars Radar Observations / A. F. C. Haldemann, K. W. Larsen, R. F. Jurgens, and M A. Slade--Mapping Subsurface Stratigraphy and Anomalies in Iron-rich Volcanoclastics Using Ground-penetrating Radar: Potential for Shallow Sounding on Mars / E. Heggy, S. Clifford, R. Grimm, S. Gonzalez, D. Bannon, and D. Wyrick--Dielectric Map of the Martian Surface / E. Heggy and A. Pommerol--Surface Clutter Removal in Airborne Radar Sounding Data from the Dry Valleys, Antarctica / J. W. Holt, D. D. Blankenship, D. L. Morse, M E. Peters, and S. D. Kempf--Comparing Transient Electromagnetics and Low Frequency Ground Penetrating Radar for Sounding of Subsurface Water in Mars Analog Environments / J. A. Jernsletten and E. Heggy--The MARSIS Radar, Signal Simulation and Interpretation Using MOLA Topography Data / W. Koftnan, J. F. Nouvel, A. Herique, and J.-E. Martelal--A Phase Signature for Detecting Wet Structures in the Shallow Subsurface of Mars Using Polarimetric P-band SAR / Y: Lasne, Ph. Paillou, and J.-M Matezieux--Experimental Validation of the Mono and Bistatic Operating Mode of a GPR Dedicated to the Martian Subsurface Exploration / A. Le Gall, V. Ciorlelli, J. J. Berthelier, R. Ney, F. Dolon, and S. Bonoime.
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