Possible effect of subsurface inhomogeneities on the lunar microwave spectrum

Details Possible effect of subsurface inhomogeneities on the lunar microwave spectrum Possible effect of subsurface inhomogeneities on the lunar microwave spectrum

Sep 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977icar...32...98f&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 32, Sept. 1977, p. 98-105.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Lunar Composition, Lunar Radiation, Lunar Surface, Microwave Emission, Microwave Spectra, Astronomical Models, Brightness Temperature, Extraterrestrial Radio Waves, Inhomogeneity, Lunar Geology, Lunar Soil, Microwave Scattering

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Inhomogeneities beneath the lunar surface could alter the average microwave emission spectrum of the moon in a fashion generally consistent with observations, even in the absence of an average heat flux or density gradients with depth. The lunar subsurface was modeled as an inhomogeneous lossy dielectric with three-dimensional refractive-index fluctuations characterized by independent horizontal and vertical correlation lengths. The model suggests that attempts to infer the physical properties of the moon from the lunar microwave spectrum could be significantly inaccurate if subsurface scattering were neglected.

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