Accurate photometric reconstruction of the Lunar surface is important in the context of upcoming NASA robotic missions to the Moon and in giving a more accurate understanding of the Lunar soil composition. This paper describes a novel approach for joint estimation of Lunar albedo, camera exposure time, and photometric parameters that utilizes an accurate Lunar-Lambertian reflectance model and previously derived Lunar topography of the area visualized during the Apollo missions. The method introduced here is used in creating the largest Lunar albedo map (16% of the Lunar surface) at the resolution of 10 meters/pixel.


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    Title :

    Photometric Lunar Surface Reconstruction


    Contributors:
    A. V. Nefian (author) / O. Alexandrov (author) / Z. Morattlo (author) / T. Kim (author) / R. A. Beyer (author)

    Publication date :

    2013


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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