Lunar surface processes

JB Plescia, J Cahill, B Greenhagen… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The modern surface of the Moon is primarily influenced by impact processes. While
volcanism was active until perhaps 3.0 Ga and tectonic activity may still persist, it is the …

In-Situ Radar Observation of Shallow Lunar Regolith at the Chang'E-5 Landing Site: Research Progress and Perspectives

F Fang, C Ding, J Feng, Y Su, R Sharma, I Giannakis - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
China accomplished a historic milestone in 2020 when the mission Chang'e-5 (CE-5) to the
Lunar's surface was successfully launched. An extraordinary component of this mission is …

First microwave map of the Moon with Chang'E-1 data: The role of local time in global imaging

YC Zheng, KT Tsang, KL Chan, YL Zou, F Zhang… - Icarus, 2012 - Elsevier
Among recent lunar orbiters, only the Chinese Chang'E-1 (CE-1) was equipped with a
passive microwave radiometer (MRM) to measure the natural microwave emission from the …

Chinese progress in geomorphometry

G Lv, L **ong, M Chen, G Tang, Y Sheng, X Liu… - Journal of Geographical …, 2017 - Springer
Geomorphometry, the science of digital terrain analysis (DTA), is an important focus of
research in both geomorphology and geographical information science (GIS). Given that …

Composition, mineralogy and chronology of mare basalts and non-mare materials in Von Kármán crater: Landing site of the Chang'E− 4 mission

Z Ling, L Qiao, C Liu, H Cao, X Bi, X Lu, J Zhang… - Planetary and Space …, 2019 - Elsevier
As the first lunar farside landed mission, China's Chang'E− 4 (CE-4) has safely landed on
the volcanically resurfaced floor of Von Kármán crater in South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin. The …

Primary scientific results of Chang'E-1 lunar mission

ZY Ouyang, CL Li, YL Zou, HB Zhang, C Lü… - Science China Earth …, 2010 - Springer
The strategic plan for the development of the unmanned Chinese Lunar Exploration
Program is characterized by three distinct stages:“orbiting around”,“landing on” and …

Global estimates of lunar iron and titanium contents from the Chang'E‐1 IIM data

Y Wu, B Xue, B Zhao, P Lucey, J Chen… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Until recently, global high spatial resolution maps of FeO and TiO2 of the Moon were only
derived from Clementine data. In this study, we show global maps of FeO and TiO2 using …

Integration of Chang'E-2 imagery and LRO laser altimeter data with a combined block adjustment for precision lunar topographic modeling

B Wu, H Hu, J Guo - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Lunar topographic information is essential for lunar scientific investigations and exploration
missions. Lunar orbiter imagery and laser altimeter data are two major data sources for lunar …

Coarse-to-fine extraction of small-scale lunar impact craters from the CCD images of the Chang'E lunar orbiters

Z Kang, X Wang, T Hu, J Yang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lunar impact craters form the basis for lunar geological stratigraphy, and small-scale craters
further enrich the basic statistical data for the estimation of local geological ages. Thus, the …

Photometric correction and in-flight calibration of Chang'E-1 Interference Imaging Spectrometer (IIM) data

Y Wu, S Besse, JY Li, JP Combe, Z Wang, X Zhou… - Icarus, 2013 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study is to develop a new photometric correction that is suitable for
global Chang'E-1 (CE-1) Interference Imaging Spectrometer (IIM) data. We considered two …