Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3502716m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 2, CiteID L02716
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Global Change: Solar Variability (7537), Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy: Solar Irradiance, Geodesy And Gravity: Lunar And Planetary Geodesy And Gravity (5417, 5450, 5714, 5744, 6019, 6250)
Scientific paper
We study the feasibility of deriving historical TSI (Total Solar Irradiance) from lunar borehole temperatures. As the Moon lacks Earth's dynamic features, lunar borehole temperatures are primarily driven by solar forcing. Using Apollo observed lunar regolith properties, we computed present-day lunar regolith temperature profiles for lunar tropical, mid-latitude, and polar regions for two scenarios of solar forcing reconstructed by Lean (2000) and Wang et al. (2005). Results show that these scenarios can be distinguished by small but potentially detectable differences in temperature, on the order of 0.01 K and larger depending on latitude, within ~10 m depth of the Moon's surface. Our results provide a physical basis and guidelines for reconstructing historical TSI from data obtainable in future lunar exploration.
Cahalan Robert F.
Miyahara Hiroko
Ohmura Atsumu
Wen Guoyong
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