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August 5, 2010 Paige Bailey, REU Summer 2010: Laboratory for Measuring the polarization of disk-integrated lunar reflectance in the middle ultraviolet Paige Bailey Rice University Mentors: Gregory Holsclaw and Martin Snow

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ory

for

Me

asu

rin

g t

he

po

lari

zati

on

of

dis

k-i

nte

gra

ted

lun

ar

refl

ect

an

ce in

th

e m

idd

le

ult

rav

iole

t

Pa

ige

Ba

ile

y

Ric

e U

niv

ers

ity

Me

nto

rs:

Gre

go

ry H

ols

cla

w a

nd

Ma

rtin

Sn

ow

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for

Ove

rvie

w

•Background

–Key definitions

–What we were trying to find

•Analysis

–Methods used to address problem

•Conclusions

•Future Steps

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orat

ory

for

Ove

rvie

w o

f S

OR

CE

•S

OR

CE

= S

OLa

r R

adia

tion

and

Clim

ate

Exp

erim

ent

•S

peci

fical

ly lo

okin

g at

the

dat

a

from

the

the

SO

LSTIC

E

(SO

Lar-S

Tel

lar

Irra

dian

ce

Com

paris

on E

xper

imen

t)

inst

rum

ents

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orat

ory

for

Mo

tiva

tio

n f

or

SO

RC

E

•N

ASA

-spo

nsor

ed; la

unch

ed in

200

3

•P

rovi

des

mea

sure

men

ts o

f in

com

ing

x-ra

y, u

ltrav

iole

t, vi

sibl

e, n

ear-

infrar

ed, an

d to

tal s

olar

irra

diat

ion.

•Thi

s da

ta a

ddre

sses

long

-ter

m c

limat

e ch

ange

, na

tura

l var

iabi

lity

and

enha

nced

clim

ate

pred

ictio

n, a

nd a

tmos

pher

ic o

zone

and

UV

-B r

adia

tion

•4

inst

rum

ents

: S

pect

ral I

rrad

ianc

e M

onito

r (S

IM), S

olar

Ste

llar

Irra

dian

ce

Com

paris

on E

xper

imen

t (S

OLS

TIC

E), T

otal

Irrad

ianc

e M

onito

r (T

IM),

and

XU

V P

hoto

met

er S

yste

m (

XP

S)

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Lab

orat

ory

for

SO

LS

TIC

E (

A a

nd

B)

•P

urpo

se o

f S

OLS

TIC

E =

one

of

four

inst

rum

ents

on

SO

RC

E

•M

easu

res

the

ultrav

iole

t (fro

m

~115

-310

nm

), w

ith a

2.2

nm

reso

lutio

n in

MU

V (

180-

310

nm)

stel

lar

mod

e an

d 0.

1 nm

reso

lutio

n in

sol

ar m

ode

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orat

ory

for

SO

LS

TIC

E s

et-u

p

•G

ratin

g sp

ectrom

eter

•Fie

ld o

f vi

ew =

~2

degr

ees;

en

tire

moo

n is

sho

wn

•D

etec

tor

is a

pho

tom

ultip

lier

tube

; m

easu

res

one

wav

elen

gth

at a

tim

e by

chan

ging

the

rot

atio

n of

the

gra

ting

–P

lane

wav

es, in

cide

nt o

n th

e gr

atin

g, a

re d

iffra

cted

into

zer

o an

d fir

st o

rder

–R

otat

ing

the

grat

ing

caus

es the

diff

ract

ion

angl

es to

chan

ge

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ory

for

Inte

rnal

wo

rkin

gs

of

SO

LS

TIC

E

Pla

ne g

ratin

g m

onoc

hrom

ator

des

ign

–us

es o

ne c

onca

ve m

irror

to

col

limat

e an

d fo

cus

the

spec

trum

. O

nly

light

that

leav

es th

egr

atin

g at

the

corr

ect a

ngle

will

pas

s th

roug

h th

e ex

it sl

it.

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orat

ory

for

Ref

lect

ion

Gra

tin

g, c

td.

Pla

ne w

aves

, in

cide

nt o

n th

e gr

atin

g,

are

diffr

acte

d in

to z

ero

and

first

ord

er

650

nm

400

nm

Zer

o or

der

Rot

atin

g th

e gr

atin

g ca

uses

the

di

ffrac

tion

angl

e to

cha

nge

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orat

ory

for

Orb

it o

f sp

acec

raft

64

5 k

m,

40°

incl

ina

tio

n,

90

min

ro

tati

on

pe

rio

d

* N

OT

E: n

ot to

scale

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orat

ory

for

Ph

ase

ang

le

•=

0 (ful

l moo

n)

•=

180

(new

moo

n)

•=

-90

(wax

ing

quar

ter)

•=

+90

(wan

ing

quar

ter)

An

gle

MO

ON

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orat

ory

for

SO

LS

TIC

E L

un

ar

Mea

sure

men

ts•

Rea

sons

why

SO

LSTIC

E lu

nar

mea

sure

men

ts a

re u

niqu

e:

–B

road

pha

se a

ngle

cov

erag

e (0

-170

deg

.)

–Ful

l-dis

k m

easu

rem

ent A

alw

ays

obse

rvin

g th

e w

hole

moo

n

–The

luna

r U

V r

efle

ctan

ce is

rel

ativ

ely

unex

plor

ed

–S

ince

the

moo

n an

d th

e su

n w

ere

obse

rved

with

the

sam

e in

stru

men

t,

refle

ctan

ce w

ould

n't de

pend

on

sens

itivi

ty

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orat

ory

for

Qu

esti

on

s to

ad

dre

ss:

Can

we

mea

sure

the

pol

ariz

atio

n of

lu

nar

irrad

ianc

e in

the

ultr

avio

let?

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orat

ory

for

Po

lari

zati

on

•D

efin

ition

: the

fra

ctio

nal l

inea

r po

lariz

atio

n of

a b

eam

of lig

ht fro

m a

bod

y

is d

efin

ed a

s:

•W

here

Is

is the

mag

nitu

de o

f th

e be

am w

hich

is o

rient

ed s

uch

that

the

elec

tric

vec

tor

is p

erpe

ndic

ular

to

the

scat

terin

g pl

ane,

and

Ip

is the

mag

nitu

de o

f th

e be

am w

hich

is p

oint

ed w

ith the

ele

ctric

vec

tor

para

llel t

o

the

scat

terin

g pl

ane

•P

olar

izat

ion

rang

es fro

m -

1 to

+1,

with

0 =

unp

olar

ized

ligh

t

ps

ps

bI

I

II

P+−

=

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ory

for

Ph

oto

met

ry

–The

stu

dy o

f th

e va

riatio

n in

the

brig

htne

ss o

f a

surfac

e or

body

as

a fu

nctio

n of

illu

min

atio

n an

d vi

ewin

g ge

omet

ry

–M

athe

mat

ical

fun

ctio

ns a

re u

sed

to m

odel

thi

s va

riatio

n

–E

ssen

tial f

or in

terc

ompa

ring

the

refle

ctan

ce o

f on

e su

rfac

e

to a

noth

er for

diff

eren

t vi

ewin

g ge

omet

ries

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orat

ory

for

Sca

tter

ing

Pla

ne

•E

xam

inin

g th

e ge

omet

ry o

f

the

obse

rvat

ions

•D

eriv

ed the

vec

tor

norm

al to

the

scat

terin

g pl

ane

betw

een

the

Sun

-Moo

n-S

OR

CE

(th

e

sour

ce, th

e ta

rget

, an

d th

e

obse

rver

)

•P

olar

izat

ion

rang

es fro

m -

1 to

+1,

with

0 =

unp

olar

ized

ligh

t

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orat

ory

for

EC

I Co

ord

inat

es

•E

arth

-Cen

tere

d In

ertia

l

•O

rigin

al d

ata

prov

ided

vec

tors

for

the

sun,

the

moo

n, a

nd

the

SO

RC

E s

pace

craf

t, bu

t

the

orie

ntat

ions

of th

e ve

ctor

s

wer

e no

t al

igne

d on

sim

ilar

axes

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orat

ory

for

Ho

w a

re e

ffec

ts m

easu

red

?

•E

ffect

s ar

e m

easu

red

by r

otat

ing

a po

lariz

er w

ith r

espe

ct

to the

sca

tterin

g pl

ane

and

obse

rvin

g ch

ange

s in

mod

ulat

ion

of s

igna

l

•W

ide

rang

e of

pha

se a

ngle

s fo

r a

give

n ro

ll an

gle →

mea

ns w

e ca

n m

easu

re p

olar

izat

ion

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ory

for

Ro

ll an

gle

fo

r sp

acec

raft

•D

eriv

ed b

y ob

tain

ing

the

cros

s pr

oduc

t of

tw

o ve

ctor

s (s

ame

as p

hase

angl

e)

•W

here

is it

poi

nted

?

–S

pace

craf

t ca

n po

int its

axi

s (a

ny d

irect

ion)

→de

fined

z-a

xis

–S

pace

craf

t ca

n ro

ll ab

out its

z-a

xis

–A

ll po

sitio

ns a

re s

tore

d in

dat

abas

e as

vec

tors

(w

ith d

irect

ion

& m

agni

tude

)

–E

arth

-Cen

tere

d In

ertia

l (E

CI) is

fix

ed w

ith r

espe

ct to

cele

stia

l sph

ere,

i.e.

sta

rs

are

iner

tial t

arge

ts

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Lab

orat

ory

for

Bro

ad r

ang

e o

f p

has

e an

gle

s

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Lab

orat

ory

for

Alb

edo

at

250n

m v

s. r

oll

ang

le

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orat

ory

for

Wh

y w

avel

eng

ths

wer

e ch

ose

n

Pol

ariz

er a

t 25

0 (s

ensi

tive

to p

olar

izat

ion

at lo

nger

wav

elen

gths

)

No

spec

tral

line

s @

195

(do

esn'

t m

atte

r w

hat ro

ll an

gle

is)

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Lab

orat

ory

for

Rat

io a

t 25

0 n

m a

nd

195

nm

Sun

's s

pect

rum

is n

orm

aliz

ed w

ith a

Gau

ssia

n fit

Rat

io o

f sun

vs.

moo

n is

the

refle

ctan

ce

Ang

les

wer

e ch

osen

bec

ause

the

inst

rum

ent i

s se

nsiti

ve to

pol

ariz

atio

n at

250

nm, a

nd n

ot a

t 195

nm

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Lab

orat

ory

for

Wh

at w

e ex

pec

ted

to

fin

d

•S

OLS

TIC

E is

a w

eak

pola

rizer

, an

d th

e pl

ots

of r

efle

ctan

ce v

s. r

oll a

ngle

shou

ld s

how

var

iatio

n if

ther

e is

a d

etec

tabl

e po

lariz

atio

n ef

fect

•The

slo

pe o

f th

e lin

e is

a m

easu

rem

ent of

the

mag

nitu

de o

f po

lariz

atio

n;

that

slo

pe is

the

n pl

otte

d ag

ains

t ph

ase

angl

e

•M

alus

's L

aw =

sta

tes

that

whe

n a

perfec

t po

lariz

er is

pla

ced

in a

pola

rized

bea

m o

f lig

ht, th

e in

tens

ity (

I) is

giv

en b

y:

•W

here

Im

= in

itial

inte

nsity

, an

d th

eta

is the

ang

le b

etw

een

the

light

's

initi

al p

olar

izat

ion

dire

ctio

n an

d th

e ax

is o

f th

e po

lariz

er

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orat

ory

for

Lu

nar

po

lari

zati

on

•N

early

all

airle

ss s

olar

sy

stem

bod

ies

exhi

bit t

his

shap

e of

po

lariz

atio

n re

spon

se [H

apke

, 199

3].

•T

he c

urve

s ar

e ch

arac

teriz

ed b

y a

few

obv

ious

pa

ram

eter

s (P

is p

olar

izat

ion,

V is

ph

ase

angl

e):

•P

max

, Vm

ax•

Pm

in, V

min

•V

i(in

vers

ion

angl

e)•

h i(s

lope

at i

nver

sion

an

gle)

•T

his

show

s th

at th

e m

agni

tude

of t

he p

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no

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men

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•Tha

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so m

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to LASP

and

the NSF

for

givi

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e th

e

oppo

rtun

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com

e do

res

earc

h at

Bou

lder

thi

s su

mm

er, to

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na in

sura

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for

havi

ng d

octo

rs to

give

me

mon

o m

eds

(eve

n

in C

olor

ado)

-an

d, e

spec

ially

, Marty and Greg

for

bein

g

such

aw

esom

e m

ento

rs. H

uge

than

ks to Erin,a

nd to

all o

f

you guys

for

mak

ing

this

an

awes

ome

sum

mer

.