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Error analysis for the Mariner‐6 and ‐7 occultation experiments
Author(s) -
Stewart Richard W.,
Hogan Joseph S.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs008i002p00109
Subject(s) - occultation , atmosphere (unit) , atmosphere of mars , radio occultation , doppler effect , ionosphere , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , atmospheric models , martian , remote sensing , meteorology , mars exploration program , physics , geology , astronomy
The Mariner‐6 and ‐7 occultation experiments provide sets of Doppler residuals from which physical properties of the Martian atmosphere, such as the ionospheric electron‐density distribution and the lower‐atmosphere temperature profile, may be derived. The Doppler residuals contain both systematic and random errors. The former are removed during the data reduction, and the latter are analyzed to yield error limits on the derived physical properties of the atmosphere.