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Data Analysis of Chang'E‐1 Gamma‐Ray Spectrometer and Global Distribution of U, K, and Th Elemental Abundances
Author(s) -
Yongliao ZOU,
Liyan ZHANG,
Jianzhong LIU,
Lingli MU,
Xin REN,
Guangliang ZHANG,
Jin CHANG,
Jun YAN,
Nan ZHANG,
Hongbo ZHANG,
Chang LÜ,
Jianjun LIU,
Wei ZUO,
Yan SU,
Weibin WEN,
Wei BIAN,
Min WANG,
Chun XU,
Chunlai LI,
Ziyuan OUYANG
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00589.x
Subject(s) - elemental analysis , spectrometer , bin , abundance (ecology) , spectral line , pixel , gamma ray , physics , gamma ray spectrometer , astrophysics , chemistry , optics , computer science , astronomy , algorithm , organic chemistry , fishery , biology
Gamma‐ray spectrometer (GRS) is one of the main payloads on the Chang'E‐1 (CE‐1) lunar probe, mainly aimed to detect the elemental abundances and distributions on the lunar surface. At 03:58 on 28 November 2007, it performed the first observation of the lunar gamma rays. As of 24 October 2008, 2105 h of effective gamma rays spectra had been acquired by CE‐1 GRS, which covers the whole surface of the moon. This paper mainly describes the data processing procedures and methods of deriving the elemental abundances by using the CE‐1 GRS time series corrected spectra: first, to bin data into pixels for mapping; then, to perform a background deduction of the cumulative spectra and obtain a peak area of the elements; and finally, to use the elemental abundances inversion model to produce the elemental abundances. Based on these processing methods, the global abundance maps of U, K, and Th at a 5°×5° equal‐area pixel are acquired by CE‐1 GRS data. The paper gives a preliminary analysis of the uncertainties of the elemental abundances.