Correlation of Lunar South Polar Epithermal Neutron Maps : Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector and Lunar Prospector Neutron Detector

Author: Garvin, J.
Published: March 2010.
Physical Description: 1 electronic document
Additional Creators: Sagdeev, R., Chin, G., Malakhov, A., Starr, R. D., Boynton, W. V., Nandikotkur, G., Litvak, M. L., Trombka, J. I., Evans, L. G., Finch, M. J., McClanahan, Timothy P., Milikh, G. M., Mitrofanov, I. G., Sanin, A. B., and Harshman, K.

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's (LRO), Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector (LEND) was developed to refine the lunar surface hydrogen (H) measurements generated by the Lunar Prospector Neutron Spectrometer. LPNS measurements indicated a approx.4,6% decrease in polar epithermal fluxes equivalent to (1.5+/-0,8)% H concentration and are direct geochemical evidence indicating water /high H at the poles. Given the similar operational and instrumental objectives of the LEND and LPNS systems, an important science analysis step for LEND is to test correlation with existing research including LPNS measurements. In this analysis, we compare corrected low altitude epithermal rate data from LPNS available via NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS) with calibrated LEND epithermal maps using a cross-correlation technique

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Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration

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Document ID: 20100015513.
41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference; 1-4 Mar. 2010; Houston, TX; United States.

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