The Processing and Analysis of Lunar Penetrating Radar Channel-1 Data from Chang'E-3
Gao Yun-ze①② Dong Ze-hua①② Fang Guang-you*① Ji Yi-cai① Zhou Bin①
① (Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China)② (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China)
Abstract Lunar Penetrating Radar (LPR), which is one of the most important science payloads onboard the Chang'E-3 (CE-3) rover, is used to obtain electromagnetic image less than 100 m beneath the lunar surface. This paper describes the system composition and working mechanism of the LPR and presents a detailed analysis of its data. We investigated special signal-processing methods and present the result of channel-1 data. The result shows that the effective echo occurs at depths greater than 100 m. Moreover, an unusual reflection exists at depth of 40 m, which may be the boundary of two geological units beneath the lunar surface.
Key words ： Chang'E-3 (CE-3)
Lunar Penetrating Radar (LPR)
Data processing
Geological boundary
Received: 2015-03-11;
Published: 2015-08-24
Fund: The Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KGZD–EW–603–01)
Cite this article:
. The Processing and Analysis of Lunar Penetrating Radar Channel-1 Data from Chang'E-3[J]. JOURNAL OF RADARS, 2015, 4(5): 518-526.
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