Lunar regolith parameters, such as physical temperature, thickness and dielectric constant, are important in studying regolith features, distribution of lunar resources and evolution of the Moon. There had been no mea...Lunar regolith parameters, such as physical temperature, thickness and dielectric constant, are important in studying regolith features, distribution of lunar resources and evolution of the Moon. There had been no measurement obtained by lunar-orbit-borne microwave radiometer applied to evaluate the properties of lunar regolith before CE-1 Lunar Microwave Sounder (CELMS) being launched. CEMLS is the first passive microwave radiometer in the world to sound the surface of the Moon. The brightness temperatures (TB) sensed by CELMS include complicated information on the above geophysical parameters. In this paper, algorithms of retrieving dielectric constant, regolith thickness, and 3He content from CELMS brightness temperatures are developed, and the results are compared with those from literature. The results show that the regolith thicknesses are mostly in the range of 4.0-6.0 m, and 43% of them are bigger than 5.0 m. The content of 3He evaluated by retrieved regolith thickness is about 1.03 million tons.展开更多
Helium-3(3He) implanted by solar wind in the lunar regolith is a valuable resource because of its potential as a fusion fuel.On the basis of the Apollo regolith samples,a linear relationship between 3He abundance and ...Helium-3(3He) implanted by solar wind in the lunar regolith is a valuable resource because of its potential as a fusion fuel.On the basis of the Apollo regolith samples,a linear relationship between 3He abundance and solar wind flux,optical maturity and TiO2 content has been presented.China successfully launched its first lunar exploration satellite Chang-E 1(CE-1) on October 24,2007.A multi-channeled microwave radiometer was aboard the satellite with the purpose of measuring microwave thermal emission from the lunar surface layer.From the multi-channel brightness temperature(Tb) observed by CE-1,the global distribution of the regolith thickness was inverted from the multi-channel Tb,and was used to evaluate the total amount of 3He per unit area in the lunar regolith.The global inventory of 3He was estimated as being 6.6×108 kg;3.7×108 kg for the lunar nearside and 2.9×108 kg for the lunar farside.展开更多
基金supported by "CE-1" Lunar Microwave Sounder Program
文摘Lunar regolith parameters, such as physical temperature, thickness and dielectric constant, are important in studying regolith features, distribution of lunar resources and evolution of the Moon. There had been no measurement obtained by lunar-orbit-borne microwave radiometer applied to evaluate the properties of lunar regolith before CE-1 Lunar Microwave Sounder (CELMS) being launched. CEMLS is the first passive microwave radiometer in the world to sound the surface of the Moon. The brightness temperatures (TB) sensed by CELMS include complicated information on the above geophysical parameters. In this paper, algorithms of retrieving dielectric constant, regolith thickness, and 3He content from CELMS brightness temperatures are developed, and the results are compared with those from literature. The results show that the regolith thicknesses are mostly in the range of 4.0-6.0 m, and 43% of them are bigger than 5.0 m. The content of 3He evaluated by retrieved regolith thickness is about 1.03 million tons.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60971091,41071219)the State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science (2009KFJJ011)
文摘Helium-3(3He) implanted by solar wind in the lunar regolith is a valuable resource because of its potential as a fusion fuel.On the basis of the Apollo regolith samples,a linear relationship between 3He abundance and solar wind flux,optical maturity and TiO2 content has been presented.China successfully launched its first lunar exploration satellite Chang-E 1(CE-1) on October 24,2007.A multi-channeled microwave radiometer was aboard the satellite with the purpose of measuring microwave thermal emission from the lunar surface layer.From the multi-channel brightness temperature(Tb) observed by CE-1,the global distribution of the regolith thickness was inverted from the multi-channel Tb,and was used to evaluate the total amount of 3He per unit area in the lunar regolith.The global inventory of 3He was estimated as being 6.6×108 kg;3.7×108 kg for the lunar nearside and 2.9×108 kg for the lunar farside.
