Statistics – Applications
Scientific paper
Sep 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975moon...14...59s&link_type=abstract
(Lunar Science Institute, Conference on Interactions of the Interplanetary Plasma with the Modern and Ancient Moon, Lake Geneva,
Statistics
Applications
Lunar Topography, Satellite Observation, Terrain Analysis, Altimeters, Apollo Flights, Explorer 35 Satellite, Laser Applications, Limbs, Lunar Magnetic Fields, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
Data from the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 laser altimeters have been used to study slopes, elevations, and roughness in the identifiable regions on the moon which sporadically produce plasma compressions and magnetic-field enhancements in the solar wind/lunar void boundary when those regions are at a flow limb. It is found that occurrence rates for such 'limb compressions' derived from Explorer 35 satellite measurements are significantly correlated with peak, average, and RMS slopes in the source regions, whereas rates derived from Apollo 15 and 16 subsatellite data are not correlated with topography. This suggests that two or more mechanisms operate in the source regions to produce limb compressions. Together with the known correlation between limb compressions and local surface remanent magnetic fields, the results indicate that lunar magnetization is not strongly related to surface features.
Criswell David R.
Srnka L. J.
Wollenhaupt W. R.
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