Microwave emission from the moon.

Abstract

Consideration of those aspects of the radio emission from the moon which are directly important in interpreting the emission observations. Thermophysical models of the moon can be constructed which explain the emission to the accuracy of the measurements. The variations during lunations of the radio brightness temperatures measured in the wavelength range from 1 mm to about 5 cm can be reproduced by homogeneous models with a thermal parameter in the range from 800 to 1200 cgs units, a dielectric constant about equal to 2, and a loss tangent of about 0.008.