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Integrating Radar, Multispectral, and Landing Site Data for Analysis of the Lunar SurfaceRadar maps of the Moon have been produced since the late 1960s, and have been used by a number of authors to study the surface roughness, subsurface rock abundance, and dielectric properties of the lunar surface. These studies focused on a range of topics, including the depth and rock population of the regolith, crater ejecta blankets, pyroclastic mantling layers, and cryptomare deposits. Limited radar sounding data from the Apollo missions identified layering in some regions of the maria. As radar datasets have improved in resolution and calibration, it has become more possible to make quantitative comparisons between the backscatter properties of the Moon, other remote-sensing observations, and the ground truth provided by Surveyor photos and Apollo traverses. This presentation will focus on the results of recent studies of the lunar regolith that make use of these diverse sources of information, and discuss research directions that will be possible with radar data to be collected in the near future.
Document ID
19990046120
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Campbell, B. A.
(Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC United States)
Campbell, D. B.
(Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY United States)
Thompson, T. W.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Hawke, B. R.
(Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, HI United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
Publication Information
Publication: Workshop on New Views of the Moon: Integrated Remotely Sensed, Geophysical, and Sample Datasets
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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