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Approximate depth sensitivities of each measure...

Approximate depth sensitivities of each measurement. Modified from G. A. Morgan et al. (...

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Visual schematic of the Bayesian inversion proc...

Visual schematic of the Bayesian inversion process.

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Subsurface thermal inertia derived from Mars Gl...

Subsurface thermal inertia derived from Mars Global Surveyor TES data assuming a two-lay...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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These panels represent PDFs of the ice content ...

These panels represent PDFs of the ice content models that can satisfy four values of ap...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Each panel represents a PDF for the prior knowl...

Each panel represents a PDF for the prior knowledge we assume for a given geomorphologic...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Hydrogen abundance data from MONS within the la...

Hydrogen abundance data from MONS within the latitudinal bounds of the SWIM study area, ...

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Geomorphology map identifying regions with feat...

Geomorphology map identifying regions with features relevant to subsurface ice. While a ...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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PDFs of the composition models that satisfy fou...

PDFs of the composition models that satisfy four values of W﹩{}_{{dn}}﹩ from MONS: (a) 4...

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Bayesian inversion flowchart for interpreting i...

Bayesian inversion flowchart for interpreting ice in the shallow subsurface (<5 m). Each...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Bayesian inversion flowchart for interpreting i...

Bayesian inversion flowchart for interpreting ice in the deep subsurface (>5 m).

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Thermal conductivity as a function of porosity,...

Thermal conductivity as a function of porosity, with points from M. T. Mellon et al. (19...

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The lower 1σ bound on ice percentage in the nea...

The lower 1σ bound on ice percentage in the near subsurface. There is a ∼16% chance that...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The ice fraction of the maximum likelihood mode...

The ice fraction of the maximum likelihood model in the near subsurface. Gray indicates ...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Two demonstrations of the Bayesian inversion me...

Two demonstrations of the Bayesian inversion method: (a) Measurements that constrain the...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The upper 1σ bound on ice percentage in the nea...

The upper 1σ bound on ice percentage in the near subsurface. There is an ∼84% chance tha...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Dielectric permittivity of the Martian near sub...

Dielectric permittivity of the Martian near subsurface from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ...

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SHARAD track coverage (N. E. Putzig et al. 2024...

SHARAD track coverage (N. E. Putzig et al. 2024b) within the latitudinal bounds of the S...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The median ice content estimate in the near sur...

The median ice content estimate in the near surface. This figure must be interpreted alo...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Where available, we use estimates of deeper sub...

Where available, we use estimates of deeper subsurface dielectric permittivity values (N...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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These panels represent PDFs of the ice content ...

These panels represent PDFs of the ice content models that can satisfy four values of di...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The percentage that the Bayesian algorithm incr...

The percentage that the Bayesian algorithm increased or decreased the mean ice content r...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The probability of excess ice (more than could ...

The probability of excess ice (more than could be stored in 40% porosity) in the near su...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The median ice content estimate in the deep sub...

The median ice content estimate in the deep subsurface. Dark gray indicates regions with...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The probability that excess ice (more than coul...

The probability that excess ice (more than could be stored in 40% porosity) is present i...

Samuel W. Courville et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Spacecraft trajectory, orbital, and sampling op...

Spacecraft trajectory, orbital, and sampling operations.

Mallory J. Kinczyk et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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