First microwave map of the Moon with Chang’E-1 data: The role of local time in global imaging
| Autor: | Feng Zhang, Yongliao Zou, Kwing L. Chan, Ziyuan Ouyang, Kang T. Tsang, Yongchun Zheng |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Microwave radiometer
Astronomy and Astrophysics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Dielectric Physics::Geophysics Geology of the Moon Space and Planetary Science Brightness temperature Local time Physics::Space Physics Thermal Satellite Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Microwave Geology Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Icarus. 219:194-210 |
| ISSN: | 0019-1035 |
| Popis: | Among recent lunar orbiters, only the Chinese Chang’E-1 (CE-1) was equipped with a passive microwave radiometer (MRM) to measure the natural microwave emission from the lunar surface. The microwave emission, characterized by a frequency-dependent brightness temperature (TB), is related to the physical temperature and dielectric properties of the lunar surface. By measuring the brightness temperature at different frequencies, detailed thermal behavior and properties of the lunar surface can be retrieved. Using CE-1’s microwave data, we present here a set of microwave maps of the Moon constructed through a rescaling of TB to noontime or midnight. The adopted processing technique helps to reduce the effect of mixing up the temporal and spatial variations introduced by the satellite’s localized measurements which cover different locations of the globe at different lunar local times . The resulting maps show fine structures unseen in previous microwave maps that disregarded the local time effect. We discussed the new features revealed and their possible connections with the lunar geology. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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