Comparison and evaluation of the Chang'E microwave radiometer data based on theoretical computation of brightness temperatures at the Apollo 15 and 17 sites

GP Hu, KL Chan, YC Zheng, KT Tsang, AA Xu - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
There are significant differences (in the order of 3 to 20 K) between the lunar brightness
temperatures (TBs) as measured by the microwave radiometers (MRM) onboard Chang'E …

Lunar brightness temperature model based on the microwave radiometer data of Chang'E-2

Z Cai, T Lan - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The brightness temperature (TB) data of the Moon acquired by the microwave radiometer
(MRM) on-board the Chinese Chang'e-2 (CE-2) lunar probe are valuable and …

A Ka-band receiver front-end with noise injection calibration circuit for CubeSats inter-satellite links

F Alimenti, P Mezzanotte, G Simoncini, V Palazzi… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a Ka-band receiver front-end for future CubeSats Low-Earth Orbit
(LEO) to Geostationary (GEO) inter-satellite links. The receiver is able to support very high …

A rock model for the cold and hot spots in the Chang'E microwave brightness temperature map

GP Hu, KL Chan, YC Zheng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thermal anomaly spots (both hot and cold) have been found in the global 37-GHz
brightness temperature (TB) map of the moon based on the Chang'E (CE) microwave …

Developing vicarious calibration for microwave sounding instruments using lunar radiation

H Yang, J Zhou, F Weng, N Sun… - … on Geoscience and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate global observations from space are critical for global climate change study.
However, atmospheric temperature trend derived from spaceborne microwave instruments …

A study of lunar microwave radiation based on satellite observations

H Yang, M Burgdorf - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the study of microwave radiation from the Moon's surface has been of
interest to the astronomy and remote sensing communities. Due to the stable geophysical …

Microwave Thermal Radiation Analysis of King Crater on the Lunar Farside Using CE-2 MRM Data

L Wu, Z Cai, Z Meng - IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
King crater is a Copernican crater located near the equator in the western highlands of the
lunar farside. The study of the microwave brightness temperature (TB) in this region is of …

A Calibrated Lunar Microwave Radiative Transfer Model Based on Satellite Observations

H Yang, M Burgdorf - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
As a potential external calibration reference for spaceborne microwave sounding
instruments, accurate and reliable information of lunar disk-averaged radiance at millimeter …

Lunar brightness temperature map and TB distribution model

T Lan, Z Cai - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The microwave radiometer (MRM) on-board the Chinese Chang'e-2 (CE-2) lunar probe
measures the lunar brightness temperature (also referred to as TB) data that are large-scale …

Analysis of thermal and dielectric loss features of lunar regolith considering real‐time effect solar irradiance

S Chen, Y Feng, X Tong, P Tang, Q Yang… - Earth and Space …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Solar irradiance received at the lunar surface is crucial for interpreting brightness
temperatures detected by orbiters and for understanding the thermal, physical, and dielectric …