Clementine imagery: selenographic coverage for cartographic and scientific use

Abstract

An investigation is made into the potential use of Clementine imagery for cartographic and scientific studies. A computer search was performed using almost 2 million Clementine image records held on a database at DLR. From this it has been possible to construct maps that illustrate the lunar coverage and height precision of Clementine stereo imagery for automated stereo matching algorithms. In addition it has been possible to investigate the minimum ground pixel size of multi-spectral imagery as a function of latitude, and to identify regions where multiple phase angle, and near zero phase angle imagery were obtained.