Lunar surface rock abundance and regolith fines temperatures derived from LRO Diviner Radiometer data

Physics & Astronomy

• Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter 100%
• fines 82%
• lunar surface 80%
• regolith 80%
• radiometers 67%
• rocks 54%
• craters 24%
• highlands 24%
• temperature 16%
• thermophysical properties 16%
• maria 12%
• radar data 11%
• cold surfaces 10%
• slopes 10%
• circular polarization 7%
• radar 7%
• ridges 7%
• surface temperature 7%
• field of view 6%
• halos 6%
• deposits 6%
• signatures 5%
• cameras 5%
• physical properties 5%
• heating 4%
• causes 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• regolith 63%
• radiometer 55%
• rock 27%
• crater 23%
• temperature 21%
• radar 12%
• young 11%
• mass wasting 10%
• concentration (value) 9%
• field of view 8%
• rock property 8%
• polarization 6%
• comparison 6%
• surface temperature 6%
• physical property 6%
• heating 5%
• cold 5%
• distribution 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Surface 18%
• Thermodynamic Property 16%
• Surface Temperature 12%
• Polarization 7%