A primary analysis of microwave brightness temperature of lunar surface from Chang-E 1 multi-channel radiometer observation and inversion of regolith layer thickness

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 605-615

  Fa, Wenzhe ^a   Jin, Ya Qiu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77952582424     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.034     Document Type: Article

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