Journal
PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
Volume 122, Issue -, Pages 101-109Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2016.01.013
Keywords
Chang'E; Brightness temperature; Cold traps; Thermal behavior; Moon
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41373067, 41403057, 41403059]
- West Light Foundation of The Chinese Academy of Sciences
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The long-term stability of water ice at cold traps depends on subsurface temperature and regolith thermophysical properties. Based on Chang'E-2 microwave radiometer data, we have inverted attenuation coefficient, thermal gradient and instantaneous temperature profiles at permanently shaded craters (Cabeus, Haworth and Shoemaker) on the Moon's south pole. The nonuniformity of the inverted attenuation coefficient within the craters reflects the inhomogeneous thermophysical properties of regolith. In addition, thermal gradient decreased significantly from the crater walls to the bottoms, which may be caused by scattered sunlight, internal heat flux and earthshine effect. Considering continuous supplement of water ice (with volumetric fraction 0-10%) at cold traps, it changes subsurface thermophysical properties but has little effect on thermal gradient. We also assumed that abundant ice (10%) mixed with regolith, the inversion results showed that the maximum difference of diurnal temperatures between wet and dry regolith were no more than 0.5 K. That is, the effect of water ice on subsurface thermal behavior can be neglected. (c) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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