An Innovative Synthetic Aperture Radar Design Method for Lunar Water Ice Exploration
Owing to the Moon’s rough surface, there is a growing controversy over the conclusion that water ice exists in the lunar permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) with a high circular polarization ratio (CPR). To further detect water ice on the Moon, an innovative design method for spaceborne synthetic ap...
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| description | Owing to the Moon’s rough surface, there is a growing controversy over the conclusion that water ice exists in the lunar permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) with a high circular polarization ratio (CPR). To further detect water ice on the Moon, an innovative design method for spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system is proposed, to obtain radar data that can be used to distinguish water ice from lunar regolith with a small difference in the dielectric constants. According to Campbell’s dielectric constant model and the requirement that SAR radiometric resolution is smaller than the contrast of targets in images, a newly defined SAR system function involved in the method is presented to evaluate the influence of some system parameters on the water ice detection capability of SAR. In addition, several simulation experiments are performed, and the results demonstrate that the presented SAR design method may be helpful for lunar water ice exploration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb85594ef8e14a9cbb41ff73b72208812023-11-23T09:11:20ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922022-04-01149214810.3390/rs14092148An Innovative Synthetic Aperture Radar Design Method for Lunar Water Ice ExplorationYanyan Zhang0Fei Zhao1Sheng Chang2Mingliang Liu3Robert Wang4Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaOwing to the Moon’s rough surface, there is a growing controversy over the conclusion that water ice exists in the lunar permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) with a high circular polarization ratio (CPR). To further detect water ice on the Moon, an innovative design method for spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system is proposed, to obtain radar data that can be used to distinguish water ice from lunar regolith with a small difference in the dielectric constants. According to Campbell’s dielectric constant model and the requirement that SAR radiometric resolution is smaller than the contrast of targets in images, a newly defined SAR system function involved in the method is presented to evaluate the influence of some system parameters on the water ice detection capability of SAR. In addition, several simulation experiments are performed, and the results demonstrate that the presented SAR design method may be helpful for lunar water ice exploration.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/9/2148permanently shadowed regions (PSRs)water iceCampbell modelsynthetic aperture radar (SAR)radiometric resolutionsystem design method |
| spellingShingle | Yanyan Zhang Fei Zhao Sheng Chang Mingliang Liu Robert Wang An Innovative Synthetic Aperture Radar Design Method for Lunar Water Ice Exploration Remote Sensing permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) water ice Campbell model synthetic aperture radar (SAR) radiometric resolution system design method |
| title | An Innovative Synthetic Aperture Radar Design Method for Lunar Water Ice Exploration |
| title_full | An Innovative Synthetic Aperture Radar Design Method for Lunar Water Ice Exploration |
| title_fullStr | An Innovative Synthetic Aperture Radar Design Method for Lunar Water Ice Exploration |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Innovative Synthetic Aperture Radar Design Method for Lunar Water Ice Exploration |
| title_short | An Innovative Synthetic Aperture Radar Design Method for Lunar Water Ice Exploration |
| title_sort | innovative synthetic aperture radar design method for lunar water ice exploration |
| topic | permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) water ice Campbell model synthetic aperture radar (SAR) radiometric resolution system design method |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/9/2148 |
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