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Johnson et al. 1985
Johnson, P.E., Smith, M.O. and Adams, J.B. (1985). Quantitative analysis of planetary reflectance spectra with principal components analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research 90: doi: 10.1029/JS090iS02p0C805. issn: 0148-0227.

A technique is presented for quantitative analysis of planetary reflectance spectra as mixtures of particles on microscopic and macroscopic scales using principal components analysis. This technique allows for determination of the endmembers being mixed, their abundance, and the scale of mixing, as well as other physical parameters. Eighteen lunar telescopic reflectance spectra of the Copernicus crater region, from 600 nm to 1800 nm in wavelength, are modeled in terms of five likely endmembers: mare basalt, mature mare soil, anorthosite, mature highland soil, and clinopyroxene. These endmembers were chosen from a similar analysis of 92 lunar soil and rock samples. The models fit the data to within 2% rms. It is found that the goodness of fit is marginally better for intimate mixing over macroscopic mixing.

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