Kaguya Terrain Camera USGS Created Digital Terrain Models

The Kaguya Terrain Camera analysis-ready data documentation provides an overview of the mission and sensors that were used as inputs to derive these data. Readers are advised to read the overview section of that documentation that describes the mission orbits, data resolutions, and physical sensors. The Kaguya spacecraft captured over 220,000 Terrain Camera (TC) observations in stereoscopic viewing mode, resulting in overlapping, fore and aft pointing data collection. In sum, we estimate that at least 361,000 candidate stereopairs exist with resolutions, orbits, and view geometries suitable for stereophotogrammetric DTM generation. The Kaguya TC USGS Generated DTM data set includes over 127,000 DTMs that wrap the Moon globally from 70˚ north latitude to 70˚ south latitude. The process used to select stereopairs for processing is described in detail below. The DTMs in this data set seek to fulfill the following goals: