Influence of (FeO+TiO2) abundance on the microwave thermal emissions of lunar regolith

Meng, Zhiguo; Yang, Guodong; Ping, Jinsong; Cai, Zhanchuan; Gusev, Alexander; Osei, Edward Matthew

doi:10.1007/s11430-016-5280-1

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“…Figure 4 and Table 2 both indicate that the lowest T B occurs in unit Ihtm and the highest T B occurs in unit Im. Combined with the FTA in units Ihtm, Iltm, and Im, this nighttime T B performance is rational according to the theoretical simulation and the findings with the CELMS data [34], again justifying the use of the generated T B maps.…”

Section: Nighttime T B Featuressupporting

confidence: 54%

“…Theoretically, the T B performances at noon will be inversely corresponding to those at midnight [20,26,34]. However, the difference among the average T B values of the four units is rather weak, no more than 3 K. This is much less than that at noon, up to 10 K. The reason for the low T B difference should be further studied to better understand the substrate regolith thermophysical features of the Msocoviense Basin.…”

Section: Nighttime T B Featuresmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Especially in unit Ihtm in the eastern part of Mare Moscoviense, there exists an excellent coincidence between the unit boundary and the highest T B at noon. Jin et al [25], Wang et al [26], Fang and Fa [16], and Meng et al [20,34] all suggested that the region with higher FTA will have a relatively higher T B at noon. Thus, the strong correlation between the high T B at noon and high FTA in unit Ihtm directly indicates the rationality of the generated T B maps.…”

Section: Image Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Jin et al [25], Wang et al [26], and Meng et al [34] proposed that the regions with high FTA will postulate high T B at daytime, low T B at nighttime, and a high dT B as indicated by the simulation results in Section 2. Combined with Figures 1c and 3, Figure 4, and Figure 6, the T B performances within Moscoviense Basin obviously support the conclusion.…”

Section: Warm T B Anomalymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reevaluating Mare Moscoviense And Its Vicinity Using Chang’e-2 Microwave Sounder Data

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Mare Moscoviense (148°E, 27°N) is one of the few large maria on the lunar farside, with the thinnest crust and a positive gravity anomaly. In this paper, the Chang’E-2 Microwave Sounder (CELMS) data was employed to study the microwave thermal emission features of mare basalts in Moscoviense Basin. The time angle and linear interpolation method are used to generate the brightness temperature (TB) maps at noon and night, as well as the TB difference (dTB) map. The obtained important results are as follows. (1) A new geologic map is generated with the TB and dTB maps using the maximum likelihood method, which gives a new expression about the basaltic units in Mare Moscoviense compared to the optical results; (2) the substrate temperature of Moscoviense Basin is likely warmer than what we know; (3) unit Ihtm (a Late (?) Imbrian, mid- to high-Ti, high-Fe basalt) is re-understood as two independent volcanic features with their own fissures; (4) the dTB maps firstly indicate that the depth lunar regolith is homogeneous in the highlands surrounding Mare Moscoviense, at least in the microwave domain, and secondly that there exists a special material bringing about the low dTB anomaly in the shallow layer of the east highlands. The results will be of great significance to better understand the basaltic volcanism of the Moon.

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Section: Nighttime T B Featuressupporting

confidence: 54%

Section: Nighttime T B Featuresmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Image Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Warm T B Anomalymentioning

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“…The microwave sounder (CELMS) aboard the Chang'E satellites is sensitive to the temperature and composition of substrate regolith (Zheng et al, 2012;Meng et al, 2016Meng et al, , 2017Meng et al, , 2018Meng et al, , 2019. The CE-2 CELMS data are used to generate the brightness temperature (T B ) maps of Von Ká rmá n crater ( Figure 5).…”

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Potential Geologic Issues of Von Kármán Crater Revealed by Multisource Remote Sensing Data

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Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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Von Ká rmá n crater is the landing area for CE-4 mission, which provides a chance to further study the evolution of South-Pole Aitken basin. In this paper, the topography, composition, temperature and deep structures of Von Ká rmá n crater are systematically studied with LRO LOLA data, Clementine UV-VIS data, CE-2 CELMS data, and GRAIL data. Several potential geologic issues are postulated as follows: (1) There exists a difference for the southern and northern parts of the crater floor in topography. The surface topography is influenced by Leibnitz and Finsen events. (2) There exists an FTA-rich material in depth layer of the crater floor, and the later bombardments exposed the original material in the crater floor. And the material in depth is homogeneous. (3) The composition apparently changes with depth, and there exist a warm anomaly in the northern part of the crater floor and a cold anomaly in the southern part. (4) A large amount of magma has been uplifted after Von Ká rmá n M impact event, and the crust has been melted several times and condensed into dense basalt layer. Generally, this is a good place to measure the material from the original SPA basin and the material from the depth layer of the Moon for the CE-4 landing site.

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Iron Concentration, Lunar Surface

Meng¹

2019

Encyclopedia of Lunar Science

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Influence of (FeO+TiO2) abundance on the microwave thermal emissions of lunar regolith

Cited by 39 publications

References 20 publications

Reevaluating Mare Moscoviense And Its Vicinity Using Chang’e-2 Microwave Sounder Data

Reevaluating Mare Moscoviense And Its Vicinity Using Chang’e-2 Microwave Sounder Data

Potential Geologic Issues of Von Kármán Crater Revealed by Multisource Remote Sensing Data

Iron Concentration, Lunar Surface

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