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The MARSES is the sounding instrument developed of searching for groundwater, water-ice or permafrost layers existing in some depth under the visible surface in the dry lands of Mars. One of the more important challenges facing natural resource managers today is how to identify, measure and monitoring the cumulative impacts of land use decisions across space and time. The secondary task is to measure the soil properties of Martian subsurface, which includes porosity, electrical resistance of the liquid phase, thermal conductivity, temperature dependence. A main task of the MARSES monitoring system is to examine changes in the subsurface properties of local areas regolith on the Martian surface on the base of the database of various soil slices in terrestrial conditions

The Mars Electromagnetic Sounding Experiment (MARSES) is the sounding instrument developed of searching for groundwater, water-ice or permafrost layers existing in some depth under the visible surface in the dry lands of Mars. One of the more important challenges facing natural resource managers today is how to identify, measure and monitoring the cumulative impacts of land use decisions across space and time. The secondary task is to measure the soil properties of Martian subsurface, which includes porosity, electrical resistance of the liquid phase, thermal conductivity, temperature dependence. A main task of the MARSES monitoring system is to examine changes in the subsurface properties of local areas regolith on the Martian surface on the base of the database of various soil slices in terrestrial conditions. Additional information is contained in the original extended abstract.

The investigation of permafrost formation global distribution and their appearance in h less than or equal 1 m thick subsurface layer would be investigated successfully by employment of active-passive microwave remote sensing techniques.

MARSES is the sounding instrument developed for searching subsurface water, water-ice or permafrost layers. Preliminary results for field investigation has been gained during Devon Island expedition which surface structure is close to Martian conditions.

The MARSES is the sounding instrument developed of searching for water, water-ice or permafrost layers existing in some depth under the visible surface of Mars. There are many evidences that water once was abundant on Mars. There are stream lined islands formed by flowing water, flow patterns reminiscent of wadis in Earth deserts, and outflow channels thought to have been formed by sudden outrush of subterranean water. The secondary task is to measure the soil properties of the subsurface of Mars, which include porosity, electrical resistance of the liquid phase, thermal conductivity, temperature dependence. A main task of the MARSES system is to examine changes in subsurface properties of local areas regolith on the martian surface, and to relate them to optical images and other remote sensing data in order to understand the nature of different terrain forms. The dryed up regions of Martian frozen rocks is considered to have been developing during more than 3.5 bln years, so the upper layer boundary of permafrost can serve as an indicator reflecting the course of martian paleoclimate evolution. Additional information is contained in the original extended abstract.