Optics of the Moon - Earth and Environmental Sciences Textbooks

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Optics of the Moon

Yuriy Shkuratov
Gorden Videen
Vadym Kaydash

Price: USD: 145.00
ISBN: 978-0-12-817972-7

Copyright date: Feb 01, 2024
Pages: 400
Not Yet Published
Elsevier Science & Technology

This book belongs to the following Subject Areas:
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Physics and Astronomy

Key Features

Includes case studies, maps and color figures to illustrate concepts with specific application to the moon

Presents theories alongside experimental and observational data to support and describe modern techniques

Communicates new approaches and methods related to the optics of surfaces on the Moon with complicated structures

About the Book
Optics of the Moon presents methods for interpreting optics of surfaces on the Moon with complicated structures. For example, the book illustrates how phase-ratio techniques can lead to the detection of surface structure anomalies, describes polarimetric studies of the lunar surface and their use, and addresses many other questions relating to the regolith-like surfaces of the Moon, such as why the Moon looks like a ball at a large phase angle and like a disk in full moon, why the lunar surface has slight color variations, and why at large phase angles its polarization degree closely correlates with albedo.

Approx. 150 illustrations (10 in full color)

Readership
Researchers and graduate students in Earth and Planetary Science and Remote Sensing

Content
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