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MEASUREMENTS OF THE MOON’S INFRARED (4 – 15 µm) AND MICROWAVE (1.6 – 13 mm) THERMAL RADIATION
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  • Martin Burgdorf,
  • Hu Yang,
  • Thomas Müller,
  • Stefan Buehler,
  • Marc Prange
Martin Burgdorf
Universität Hamburg

Corresponding Author:martin.burgdorf@uni-hamburg.de

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Hu Yang
CISESS
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Thomas Müller
Independent researcher
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Stefan Buehler
Universität Hamburg
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Marc Prange
Universität Hamburg
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Abstract

Meteorological research satellites on polar orbits observe occasionally the Moon, when it moves through their deep space view. Over the last few decades, a large data set built up, which allows to determine the lunar flux with unprecedented accuracy especially at wavelengths, for which the Earth’s atmosphere is opaque. We determined the disk-integrated brightness temperature of the Moon at 19 wavelengths between 4 and 15 µm and at five frequencies between 89 and 190 GHz for phase angles between -80° and +70° with HIRS, AMSU-B, MHS, and ATMS on NOAA and MetOp satellites