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Guinness et al. 1991
Guinness, E.A., Arvidson, R.E., Irons, J.R. and Harding, D.J. (1991). Surface scattering properties estimated from modeling ASAS multiple emission angle reflectance data over the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, Nevada. Geophysical Research Letters 18: doi: 10.1029/91GL02664. issn: 0094-8276.

ASAS multispectral data were acquired over Lunar Lake playa at 12 different lighting and viewing geometries. Atmospheric models and field-based data demonstrate that atmospheric contributions to ASAS data were relatively small (<15%) and were thus ignored in analyses of surface photometric properties. ASAS data of an artificially roughened playa and cobble-strewn surfaces exhibit trends of increasing reflectance as phase angle decreases. The reflectance of a natural playa surface exhibits Lambertian scattering properties that cannot be replicated with the Hapke [1986> photometric function. The Hapke model dies fit the rough and cobble-strewn playa data with single scattering albedo, asymmetry factor, and roughness terms consistent with known properties of these surfaces. No published photometric model explains the reflectance variations of all three surfaces.

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Planetology, Solid Surface Planets and Satellites, Physical properties of materials, Planetology, Solid Surface Planets and Satellites, Surfaces, Planetology, Solid Surface Planets and Satellites, Instruments and techniques
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