Europa's surface composition from near‐infrared observations: A comparison of results from linear mixture modeling and radiative transfer modeling

• Published in: Earth and space science (Hoboken, N.J.) Vol. 3; no. 8; pp. 326 - 344
• Main Authors: Shirley, James H., Jamieson, Corey S., Dalton, J. Bradley
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2016
• Subjects: areal mixture modeling; Astrobiology; Atoms & subatomic particles; Hapke modeling; Ice; intimate mixture modeling; Laboratories; linear mixture modeling; Particle size; Radiative transfer; Sulfuric acid

Quantitative estimates of the abundance of surface materials and of water ice particle grain sizes at five widely separated locations on the surface of Europa have been obtained by two independent methods in order to search for possible discrepancies that may be attributed to differences in the meth...