Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC)
ODE: Moon
Mission: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Instrument: LROC
Instrument Team Site: LROC Team Web Site
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) has been designed to address two of the measurement requirements:
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Landing site certification
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Polar illumination
LROC will acquire images to assess meter and smaller scale features to facilitate safety analysis for potential lunar landing sites near polar resources and elsewhere on the Moon. Synoptic 100 m/pixel imaging of the poles during every orbit for a year will unambiguously identify regions of permanent shadow and permanent or near-permanent illumination.
In addition to these two primary objectives, LROC will return six other high-value datasets:
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Meter-scale mapping of regions of permanent or near-permanent illumination of polar massifs
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Multiple coregistered observations of portions of potential landing sites and elsewhere for derivation of high-resolution topography through stereogrammetric and photometric stereo analyses
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A global multispectral data set in 7 wavelengths (300-680 nm) to characterize lunar resources, in particular ilmenite
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A global 100- m/pixel basemap with incidence angles (60-80Á) favorable for morphologic interpretations
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Sub-meter imaging of a variety of geologic units to characterize physical properties and variability of the regolith
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Meter-scale coverage overlapping with Apollo era Panoramic images (1-2 m/pixel) to document the number of small impacts since 1971-1972, to ascertain hazards for future surface operations and interplanetary travel.
LROC Products:
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Experiment Data Record - Panchromatic Narrow-Angle Camera Images More information: |
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Experiment Data Record - Monochromatic and seven band Wide-Angle Camera Images More information: |
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Calibrated Data Record - Calibrated Panchromatic Narrow-Angle Camera Images More information: LROC CDR Users See: http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/798-Deletion-of-LROC-CDR-Products.html |
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Calibrated Experimental Data Record - Calibrated Monochromatic and Seven-Band Wide-Angle Camera Images More information: LROC CDR Users See: http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/798-Deletion-of-LROC-CDR-Products.html |
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Binned Data Record - Narrow-Angle Camera Polar Map (NAC_POLE) Description: NAC 2.0 m/pixel uncontrolled best-effort mosaics of polar regions 90 to 85.5° latitude Purpose: Provide detailed synoptic maps of polar regions More information: |
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Binned Data Record (Part of LROC RDR Data) - Region of Interest Map (NAC_ROI and WAC_ROI) Description: Approximately 50 NAC high-resolution uncontrolled image mosaics are created in support of high-priority landing site areas at 0.5 m/pixel sampling. Two new WAC Region of Interest mosaics are released at FARSIDE_DUSK and NEARSIDE_DAWN. Purpose: Assess meter and smaller-scale features to facilitate safety analysis of potential landing sites. Support science investigations. More information: |
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Binned Data Record (Part of LROC RDR Data) - Wide-Angle Camera Global Map (WAC_GLOBAL) Description: WAC monochrome global uncontrolled best-effort basemap mosaic of high-incidence angle imaging (60°-80°) at 100.0 m/pixel scale Purpose: High-incidence angle imaging supports morphological analysis of the lunar surface More information: |
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Binned Data Record (Part of LROC RDR Data)- Wide-Angle Camera Movie (WAC_MOVIE) Description: WAC single-band multi-temporal uncontrolled synoptic mosaics of polar regions at 100.0 m/pixel scale Purpose: Identify regions of permanent shadow and permanent or nearpermanent illumination over a full lunar year More information: |
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Empirically Normalized Wide Angle camera Mosaic Data Record Description: This empirically normalized WAC mosaic was constructed from 137,400 color WAC images acquired from January 21, 2010 to January 31, 2013 over a broad range of lighting and viewing geometries. Each pixel from the WAC observations were photometrically normalized to a standard geometry of 30 degrees incidence angle, 0 degrees emission angle, and 30 degress phase angle using an empirically derived global photometric function. Nomalized WAC pixels for each location were combined using the median (average n=142), so each mosaic value is using information from many observations. Purpose: Characterize lunar resources such as abundance of ilmenite. More information: |
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Photometrically normalized 7-color semi-global mosaic using Hapke parameter maps Description: Hapke photometric parameter maps (w,b,c,bc0,hc,bs0,hs,theta,phi) in 1 deg x 1 deg tiles for the 7 bands of the WAC. The mosaic was constructed from ~124,300 WAC images acquired from January 21, 2010 to May 1st, 2013. The map was normalized to the angles of phase (g) = incidence (i) = 60°, emission (e) = 0° by Hapke bidirectional reflectance function using Hapke parameter maps. The g, i, and e angles were calculated using the WAC stereo digital terrain model (GLD100). Each pixel value of this mosaic consists of a median of normalized I/F from ~40 months of repeated observations (UV:58-59, visible:136-140 observations in average). Purpose: Supports multispectral analysis of the lunar surface. Please review the readme file! More information: |
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Special Data Record (Part of LROC RDR Data) - Narrow-Angle Camera Digital Terrain Map Description: NAC Digital Terrain Models (DTM) and orthophotos created from geometric stereo observations at 2-5 m/pixel. Purpose: Supports high resolution topographic and photometric analysis. Please review the readme file listed as part of every NAC DTM! More information: NOTE: ODE presents all related products including otho-images, slope maps, and shaded relief files as a single DTM product. |
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Special Data Record (Part of LROC RDR Data) - Wide-Angle Camera Digital Terrain Map Description: WAC Digital Terrain Model (DTM) constructed from WAC stereo images. This map is called the Global Lunar DTM 100 m topographic model, or "GLD100", and covers 98.2% of the lunar surface. And Color-shaded relief map of the WAC GLD100 product at 100 m/pixel with the LOLA gridded product (originally 30 m/pixel) used for the poles. Purpose: Facilitates map-projection and supports topographic analysis of the Moon. Also supports visualization of lunar topography. More information: |
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Special Data Record (Part of LROC RDR Data)- Wide-Angle Camera Monthly Global Coverage Mosaic Description: WAC monochrome global uncontrolled mosaics at 1 km/pixel scale created from images taken during a single month. Purpose: Provides information about WAC coverage and views of the surface under illumination conditions that vary each month. Please review the readme file! More information: |
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Special Data Record (Part of LROC RDR Data) - Four band map projected NAC photometric product Description: Geometrically controlled NAC products for photometric series. Product includes calibrated, map-projected image (band 1) and backplanes for incidence (band 2), emission (band 3), and phase (band 4). Purpose: Controlled images facilitate photometric studies of scientific ROIs. Please review the readme file listed as part of every NAC_PHO FOLDER! More information: |
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Special Data Record (Part of LROC RDR Data) - Hapke photometric parameter maps Description: Hapke parameter maps in 1°/pixeltiles with 9 parameters for each of the 7 WAC spectral bands Purpose: Supports multispectral analysis of the lunar surface. Please review the readme file! More information: |
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Special Data Record (Part of LROC RDR Data) - WAC TiO2 Abundance Map Description: WAC TiO2 abundance map in units of weight % TiO2, derived from Hapke normalized WAC 321/415 nm band ratio at 400 m/pixel. Purpose: Supports compositional analysis. Please review the readme file! More information: |
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Special Data Record (Part of LROC RDR Data) - Anaglyph Images Description: NAC 3-band anaglyph created from geometric stereo observations with the right eyein band 1 and the left eyein bands 2 and 3 in GeoTIFF format. Purpose: Facilitates visualization of geometric stereo images. More information: |
Note: LROC products are stored at the PDS LROC Data Node. Please read more about the use of products stored at other PDS nodes in the “Why are there differences between HiRISE, CTX, and the other ODE products” section.
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