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Using lunar sounder imagery to distinguish surface from subsurface reflectors in lunar highlands areasWe have developed a method using the Apollo 17 Lunar Sounder imagery data which appears capable of filtering out off-nadir surface noise from highland area profiles, so that subsurface features may now be detected in highland areas as well as mare areas. Previously, this had been impossible because the rough topography in the highland areas created noise in the profiles which could not be distinguished from subsurface echoes. The new method is an image processing procedure involving the computerized selection of pixels which represent intermediate echo intensity values, then manually removing those pixels from the profile. Using this technique, a subsurface feature with a horizontal extent of about 150 km, at a calculated depth of approximately 3 km, has been detected beneath the crater Riccioli in the highlands near Oceanus Procellarum. This result shows that the ALSE data contain much useful information that remains to be extracted and used.
Document ID
19940007707
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Cooper, Bonnie L.
(Lunar and Planetary Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
Carter, James L.
(Texas Univ. Dallas., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Twenty-fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 1: A-F
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
94N12179
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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