Lunar regolith thermal gradients and emission spectra: Modeling and validation

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Dec 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011jgre..11612003m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 116, Issue E12, CiteID E12003

Physics

Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Remote Sensing, Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Moon (1221)

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The retrieval of surface composition from IR measurements of airless bodies requires a model capable of computing the significant thermal gradients present in the top few hundred microns of the regolith. In this study we introduce a model which reproduces most of the features found in controlled experiments made in the simulated lunar environment emission chamber (SLEEC). Although the model presented here is forced by a lower boundary held at a fixed temperature, we conclude that a similar algorithm driven by solar illumination may be used as a forward model to retrieve composition, particle size and effective thermal conductivity from IR measurements of airless bodies.

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