A New Understanding about Mare Basalts in Moscoviense Basin Demonstrated by CE-2 Celms Data

Mare Moscoviense (148°E, 27°N) is one of the few large maria on the lunar farside. In this paper, the China Chang'E-2 Microwave Sounder (CELMS) data were employed to study the microwave thermal emission features of Moscoviense basin. The findings are as follows. (1) The four basaltic units pres...

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Published inIGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium pp. 6779 - 6782
Main Authors Meng, Zhiguo, Wang, Huihui, Lu, Jilong, Chen, Shengbo, Zheng, Yongchun, Jin, Shuanggen, Gong, Xiangbo
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2019
Subjects
CELMS data
Floors
geological units
Geology
Mare Moscoviense
mare volcanism
Microwave radiometry
Microwave theory and techniques
microwave thermal emission
Moon
Satellite broadcasting
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Summary:Mare Moscoviense (148°E, 27°N) is one of the few large maria on the lunar farside. In this paper, the China Chang'E-2 Microwave Sounder (CELMS) data were employed to study the microwave thermal emission features of Moscoviense basin. The findings are as follows. (1) The four basaltic units present distinctly different T B performances at noon and midnight; (2) A new understanding about the basaltic units is made according to the classification results using the maximum likelihood method; (3) The substrate temperature of Moscoviense basin is likely much higher than what we know. The results will be of great significances to understand the mare volcanism on the lunar farside.
ISSN:2153-7003
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8899238