LUNAR TERRAIN AND ALBEDO RECONSTRUCTION FROM APOLLO IMAGERY
LUNAR TERRAIN AND ALBEDO RECONSTRUCTION FROM APOLLO
IMAGERY
ARA V NEFIAN*, TAEMIN KIM**, MICHAEL BROXTON**, AND ZACH MORATTO**
Abstract. Generating accurate three dimensional planetary models and albedo maps is becoming
increasingly more important as NASA plans more robotics missions to the Moon in the coming
years. This paper describes a novel approach for separation of topography and albedo maps
from orbital Lunar images. Our method uses an optimal Bayesian correlator to refine the stereo
disparity map and generate a set of accurate digital elevation models (DEM). The albedo maps
are obtained using a multi-image formation model that relies on the derived DEMs and the Lunar-
Lambert reflectance model. The method is demonstrated on a set of high resolution scanned
images from the Apollo era missions.
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| description | LUNAR TERRAIN AND ALBEDO RECONSTRUCTION FROM APOLLO IMAGERY ARA V NEFIAN*, TAEMIN KIM**, MICHAEL BROXTON**, AND ZACH MORATTO** Abstract. Generating accurate three dimensional planetary models and albedo maps is becoming increasingly more important as NASA plans more robotics missions to the Moon in the coming years. This paper describes a novel approach for separation of topography and albedo maps from orbital Lunar images. Our method uses an optimal Bayesian correlator to refine the stereo disparity map and generate a set of accurate digital elevation models (DEM). The albedo maps are obtained using a multi-image formation model that relies on the derived DEMs and the Lunar- Lambert reflectance model. The method is demonstrated on a set of high resolution scanned images from the Apollo era missions. |
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| identifier | DASHLINK_232 |
| issued | 2010-10-13 |
| keyword |
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| landingPage | https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/resources/232/ |
| modified | 2025-03-31 |
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| title | LUNAR TERRAIN AND ALBEDO RECONSTRUCTION FROM APOLLO IMAGERY |
