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Parameter Estimation of Lunar Regolith from Lunar Penetrating Radar Data [PDF]

Sensors, 2018
Parameter estimation of the lunar regolith not only provides important information about the composition but is also critical to quantifying potential resources for lunar exploration and engineering for human outposts.
Ling Zhang, Zhaofa Zeng, Jing Li, Ling Huang, Zhijun Huo, Kun Wang, Jianmin Zhang   +6 more
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From Schrödinger to Von Kármán: An Intriguing New Geological Structure Revealed by the Chang'e‐4 Lunar Penetrating Radar

Geophysical Research Letters, 2023
Since early 2019, the Lunar Penetrating Radar (LPR) onboard Chang'e‐4 (CE‐4)’s Yutu‐2 rover has been gathering data relating to the subsurface structure of the Von Kármán crater within the South Pole‐Aitken Basin (SPA) on the lunar farside. Low‐frequency
Huaqing Cao, Yi Xu, Luyuan Xu, Ling Zhang, Roberto Bugiolacchi, Feng Zhang   +5 more
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Structural Analysis of Lunar Regolith from LPR CH-2 Data Based on Adaptive f-x E MD: LPR Data Processed by Adaptive f-x EMD

Advances in Astronomy, 2019
The Lunar Penetrating Radar (LPR) is one of the important scientific payloads in China’s Chang’E-3 (CE-3) to image within 100 m below the lunar surface. The acquired LPR data is significant for the research of lunar geological structure.
Bin Hu, Deli Wang, Ling Zhang, Zhaofa Zeng   +3 more
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Layering Structures in the Porous Material Beneath the Chang'e‐3 Landing Site

Earth and Space Science, 2020
The lunar penetrating radar (LPR) onboard the Chinese Chang'e‐3 (CE‐3) mission obtained high‐resolution profile data for the continuous ejecta deposits of the Ziwei crater.
Chunyu Ding, Chunlai Li, Zhiyong Xiao, Yan Su, Shuguo Xing, Yichen Wang, Jianqing Feng, Shun Dai, Yuan Xiao, Meijuan Yao   +9 more
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Numerical Simulations of the Lunar Penetrating Radar and Investigations of the Geological Structures of the Lunar Regolith Layer at the Chang’E 3 Landing Site

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2017
In the process of lunar exploration, and specifically when studying lunar surface structure and thickness, the established lunar regolith model is usually a uniform and ideal structural model, which is not well-suited to describe the real structure of ...
Chunyu Ding, Yan Su, Shuguo Xing, Shun Dai, Yuan Xiao, Jianqing Feng, Danqing Liu, Chunlai Li   +7 more
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Application of Denoising CNN for Noise Suppression and Weak Signal Extraction of Lunar Penetrating Radar Data

Remote Sensing, 2021
As one of the main payloads mounted on the Yutu-2 rover of Chang’E-4 probe, lunar penetrating radar (LPR) aims to map the subsurface structure in the Von Kármán crater.
Haoqiu Zhou, Xuan Feng, Zejun Dong, Cai Liu, Wenjing Liang   +4 more
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Properties Analysis of Lunar Regolith at Chang’E-4 Landing Site Based on 3D Velocity Spectrum of Lunar Penetrating Radar

Remote Sensing, 2020
The Chinese Chang’E-4 mission for moon exploration has been successfully completed. The Chang’E-4 probe achieved the first-ever soft landing on the floor of Von Kármán crater (177.59°E, 45.46°S) of the South Pole-Aitken ...
Zejun Dong, Xuan Feng, Haoqiu Zhou, Cai Liu, Zhaofa Zeng, Jing Li, Wenjing Liang   +6 more
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Inferring the Shallow Layered Structure at the Chang’E‐4 Landing Site: A Novel Interpretation Approach Using Lunar Penetrating Radar

Geophysical Research Letters, 2021
The current paper investigates the shallow layers of the lunar regolith at the Chang’E‐4 landing site. Four layers between 0 and 10 m were identified using lunar penetrating radar.
Iraklis Giannakis, Feng Zhou, Craig Warren, Antonios Giannopoulos   +3 more
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A Compressive Sensing-Based Approach to Reconstructing Regolith Structure from Lunar Penetrating Radar Data at the Chang’E-3 Landing Site

Remote Sensing, 2018
Lunar Penetrating Radar (LPR) is one of the important scientific systems onboard the Yutu lunar rover for the purpose of detecting the lunar regolith and the subsurface geologic structures of the lunar regolith, providing the opportunity to map the ...
Kun Wang, Zhaofa Zeng, Ling Zhang, Shugao Xia, Jing Li   +4 more
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The 3‐D geological model around Chang'E‐3 landing site based on lunar penetrating radar Channel 1 data

Geophysical Research Letters, 2017
High‐frequency lunar penetrating radar (LPR) data from an instrument on the lunar rover Yutu, from the Chang'E‐3 (CE‐3) robotic lander, were used to build a three‐dimensional (3‐D) geological model of the lunar subsurface structure. The CE‐3 landing site
Yuefeng Yuan, Peimin Zhu, Na Zhao, Long Xiao, Edward Garnero, Zhiyong Xiao, Jiannan Zhao, Le Qiao   +7 more
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