Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

Controlled 1 m/pixel South Pole Average Mosaic

While the control network only extends to 85 degrees south, the mosaic range is 84 to 90 degrees and is stored as 40 polar stereographic map tiles. The mosaic is tiled with a scheme that includes four latitudinal bands of 1.5 degrees radiating from the pole. There are four tiles in the first band (88.5 to 90 degrees latitude), eight in the second (87 to 88.5 degrees latitude), twelve in the third (85.5 to 87 degrees latitude), and sixteen in the fourth band (84 to 85.5 degrees latitude). The mosaic is map projected in Stereographic projection at 1 meter/px centered at 90S, 0E with a radius of 1737400 m.

Each file is named with the following pattern:

NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P###N????

where:

  • AVG indicates the mosaic is an average pixel value mosaic
  • P indicates the map projection (P=Polar Stereographic)
  • ###N indicates the center latitude in 1/10th degrees North (N)
  • ???? indicates the center longitude in 1/10th degrees East

Low-resolution 8-bit browse products in PNG format for this product, along with full-resolution 8-bit GeoTIFFs, are available at the following location, with names matching those of the full-resolution IMG files: http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/data/LRO-L-LROC-5-RDR-V1.0/LROLRC_2001/EXTRAS/BROWSE/NAC_POLE/NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG

When citing this product, use the following reference:

B. Archinal, L. Weller, J. Richie, E. Lee, K. Bennett, E. Speyerer, and T. Tyburczy. (2023) Controlled High-Resolution LROC NAC Polar Mosaics. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 54, abstract #2333). https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/2333.pdf

For more information on LROC Reduced Data Records (RDRs), please refer to the Software Interface Specification (SIS): http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/data/LRO-L-LROC-5-RDR-V1.0/LROLRC_2001/DOCUMENT/RDRSIS.PDF

South Pole Controlled NAC Average Mosaic

NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P900S0000 - 1 meter/pixel

NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S0562 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S3262 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P863S2250 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P863S2550 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P863S1950 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S2137 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S2587 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S2812 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P863S3150 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P863S1050 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P863S1650 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P878S2025 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P878S1125 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S0112 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S1237 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S1012 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P878S0225 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P878S3375 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S0787 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S1687 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S0337 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P878S2925 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P892S0450 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P863S0750 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P878S1575 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S1462 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P878S2475 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P863S1350 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P863S0150 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S3487 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P863S2850 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S3037 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P892S3150 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P863S0450 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P878S0675 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S2362 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P863S3450 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P892S1350 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P848S1912 NAC_POLE_SOUTH_CM_AVG_P892S2250

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