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This page lists identified foundational data products for The moon. These data are updated as the maintainers become aware of either new products or updated information about an existing product. This page was last updated .

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Identified Foundational Data Products

Product name	Product type	Horizontal accuracy	Vertical accuracy	Resolution	Coverage	Status	Offline formats	Online formats	Data producer	Data provider	References
GRGM1200A	Gravity	NA	NA	$<$ 5kmpp	Global	Current	[ASCII GeoTiff PDS IMG]	[?]	GSFC	PDS	Citation: Lemoine, Goossens & al., 2014528 Lemoine, F., Goossens, S., Sabaka, T., Nicholas, J., Mazarico, E., Rowlands, D., Loomis, B., Chinn, D., Neumann, G., Smith, D. & Zuber, M. (2014, 5, 28). GRGM900C: A degree 900 lunar gravity model from GRAIL primary and extended mission data. Geophysical research letters, 41(10). 3382–3389. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL060027 Citation: Goossens, Lemoine & al., 2016 Goossens, S., Lemoine, F., Sabaka, T., Nicholas, J., Mazarico, E., Rowlands, D., Loomis, B., Chinn, D., Neumann, G., Smith, D. & Zuber, M. (2016). A Global Degree and Order 1200 Model of the Lunar Gravity Field Using GRAIL Mission Data.
Gridded Unified Lunar Control Network (ULCN) DEM	Elevation	~3km	?	16ppd / 118mpp	85S to 85N	Superseded	[ArcGrid BIL Cube]	[???]	USGS	unreleased	Citation: Archinal, Rosiek & al., 2007 Archinal, B., Rosiek, M., Kirk, R., Hare, T. & Redding, B. (2007). Final Completion of the Unified Lunar Control Network 2005 and Topographic Model.
Gridded Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)	Elevation	20m	1m	256ppd / 118mpp	Global	Current	[PDS3 Cube GeoTiff]	[WMS]	GSFC	MIT PDS (GDR) PDS (GDRDEM) USGS	Citation: Neumann, 2009 Neumann, G. (2009). Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter Reduced Data Record and Derived Products Software Interface Specification (2.2). LOLA Instrument Team Retrieved from https://lola.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/LOLA_RDRSIS.pdf
SLDEM2015	Elevation	60-100m	3-4m	512ppd / ~60mpp	60S to 60N	Current	[GeoTiff IMG JPEG2000]	[WMS]	GSFC	MIT USGS	Citation: Barker, Mazarico & al., 2016 Barker, M., Mazarico, E., Neumann, G., Zuber, M., Haruyama, J. & Smith, D. (2016). A new lunar digital elevation model from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter and SELENE Terrain Camera. Icarus, 273. 346 – 355. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.07.039
LOLA Polar Gridded Data Record	Elevation	1m	~10cm	Varies	Varies	Current	[IMG JPEG2000]	[?]	LOLA Team	MIT PDS (GDR) PDS (GDRDEM)	Citation: Smith, Zuber & al., 2017 Smith, D., Zuber, M., Neumann, G., Mazarico, E., Lemoine, F., Head III, J., Lucey, P., Aharonson, O., Robinson, M., Sun, X., Torrence, M., Barker, M., Oberst, J., Duxbury, T., Mao, D., Barnouin, O., Jha, K., Rowlands, D., Goossens, S., Baker, D., Bauer, S., Gläser, P., Lemelin, M., Rosenburg, M., Sori, M., Whitten, J. & Mcclanahan, T. (2017). Summary of the results from the lunar orbiter laser altimeter after seven years in lunar orbit. Icarus, 283. 70 – 91. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.006
Kaguya (SELENE) LALT DEM	Elevation	77m	?	16ppd / 2kmpp	Near Global	Current	[IMG]	[?]	JAXA	DARTS	Citation: Araki, Tazawa & al., 2009 Araki, H., Tazawa, S., Noda, H., Ishihara, Y., Goossens, S., Sasaki, S., Kawano, N., Kamiya, I., Otake, H., Oberst, J. & Shum, C. (2009). Lunar Global Shape and Polar Topography Derived from Kaguya-LALT Laser Altimetry. Science, 323(5916). 897–900. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1164146
Kaguya (SELENE) North Pole LALT DEM	Elevation	77m	?	16ppd / 2kmpp	79N - ~90N	Current	[IMG]	[?]	JAXA	DARTS	Citation: Araki, Tazawa & al., 2009 Araki, H., Tazawa, S., Noda, H., Ishihara, Y., Goossens, S., Sasaki, S., Kawano, N., Kamiya, I., Otake, H., Oberst, J. & Shum, C. (2009). Lunar Global Shape and Polar Topography Derived from Kaguya-LALT Laser Altimetry. Science, 323(5916). 897–900. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1164146
Kaguya (SELENE) South Pole LALT DEM	Elevation	77m	?	16ppd / 2kmpp	79S - ~90S	Current	[IMG]	[?]	JAXA	DARTS	Citation: Araki, Tazawa & al., 2009 Araki, H., Tazawa, S., Noda, H., Ishihara, Y., Goossens, S., Sasaki, S., Kawano, N., Kamiya, I., Otake, H., Oberst, J. & Shum, C. (2009). Lunar Global Shape and Polar Topography Derived from Kaguya-LALT Laser Altimetry. Science, 323(5916). 897–900. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1164146
CLTM-s01	Elevation	445m	31m	0.25ppd / 7.5kmpp	Global	Superseded	[?]	[?]	CNSA	GRAS	Citation: Ping, Huang & al., 2009 Ping, J., Huang, Q., Yan, J., Cao, J., Tang, G. & Shu, R. (2009). Lunar topographic model CLTM-s01 from Chang’E-1 laser altimeter. Science in China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy, 52. 1105–1114.
CE-1 LAM Derived DEM	Elevation	50m	?	0.0625ppd / 20mpp	Global	Current	[?]	[?]	CNSA	GRAS (page 5; LAM A, LAM B)	Citation: Huang, Chang & al., 2018 Huang, Y., Chang, S., Qin, S., Li, P., Hu, X. & Fan, M. (2018). A New Lunar DEM Based on the Calibrated Chang E-1 Laser Altimeter Data. Advances in Astronomy, 2018. 7. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5363797%20%25%5D%205363797
GLD100 WAC DEM	Elevation	1km	20m global; 10m flat maria	100mpp	79N - 79SS	Current	[GeoTiff ISIS Cub]	[WMS]	ASU	ASU PDS USGS	Citation: Scholten, Oberst & al., 2012 Scholten, F., Oberst, J., Matz, K., Roatsch, T., Wählisch, M., Speyerer, E. & Robinson, M. (2012). GLD100: The near-global lunar 100 m raster DTM from LROC WAC stereo image data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 117(E12).
LMMP Generated LRO-NAC DEMs	Elevation	20m	1 - 2m (reported per product)	1.5mpp	Regional	Current	[GeoTiff]	[?]	ASU, USGS,UA, DLR, AMES, OSU	JPL	Citation: Tran, Rosiek & al., 2010 Tran, T., Rosiek, M., Beyer, R., Mattson, S., Howington-Kraus, E., Robinson, M., Archinal, B., Edmundson, K., Harbour, D. & Anderson, E. (2010). Generating digital terrain models using LROC NAC images. International Society for Photogrammetry.
LROC NAC DEMs ($>$450 created)	Elevation	Varied	Varied (Tied to LOLA)	1.5mpp	Regional	Current	[?]	[WMS]	ASU	ASU PDS	Citation: Henriksen, Manheim & al., 2017 Henriksen, M., Manheim, M., Burns, K., Seymour, P., Speyerer, E., Deran, A., Boyd, A., Howington-Kraus, E., Rosiek, M., Archinal, B. & Robinson, M. (2017). Extracting accurate and precise topography from LROC narrow angle camera stereo observations. Icarus, 283. 122 – 137. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.012
Apollo 15,16, 17 Metric DEM Mosaic	Elevation	91m	41m	1024ppd	38S - 38N	Current	[GeoTiff]	[?]	NASA Ames	PDS	Citation: Nefian, Alexandrov & al., 2009 Nefian, A., Alexandrov, O., Beyer, R., Moratto, Z., Smith, T., Broxton, M., Kirk, R. & Robinson, M. (2009). Lunar Albedo Reconstruction From Apollo Metric Camera Images . LASER Report Retrieved from https://pdsimage2.wr.usgs.gov/downloads/Apollo_Metric_Albedo_Mosaic/AMCAM_0001/document/laser09_report.pdf
Kaguya TC Stereophotogrammetric DEM	Elevation	50m	5m	4095ppd / ~7.5mpp	~95%	Current	[IMG]	[?]	JAXA	DARTS DARTS (Seemless)	Citation: Haruyama, Hara & al., 2012 Haruyama, J., Hara, S., Hioki, K., Iwasaki, A., Morota, T., Ohtake, M., Matsunaga, T., Araki, H., Matsumoto, K., Ishihara, Y., Noda, H., Sasaki, S., Goossens, S. & Iwata, T. (2012). Lunar Global Digital Terrain Model Dataset Produced from SELENE (Kaguya) Terrain Camera Stereo Observations.
Kaguya TC Stereophotogrammetric Orthoimages	Elevation	50m	5m	?	~95%	Current	[IMG]	[?]	JAXA	DARTS	Citation: Haruyama, Hara & al., 2012 Haruyama, J., Hara, S., Hioki, K., Iwasaki, A., Morota, T., Ohtake, M., Matsunaga, T., Araki, H., Matsumoto, K., Ishihara, Y., Noda, H., Sasaki, S., Goossens, S. & Iwata, T. (2012). Lunar Global Digital Terrain Model Dataset Produced from SELENE (Kaguya) Terrain Camera Stereo Observations.
Chandrayaan-1 TMC DEM Mosaic	Elevation	?	?	25m, 10m, 5m(?)	Global (?)	Current	[?]	[?]	ISRO	unreleased	Citation: Sivakumar, Kumar & al., 2012 Sivakumar, V., Kumar, B., Srivastava, S., Gopala Krishna, B., Srivastava, P. & Seelin, K. (2012). DEM Generation for Lunar Surface using Chandrayaan-1 TMC Triplet Data. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-011-0172-5 Citation: Suresh, Suresh, K. (n.d.). Lunar Digital Elevation Model Generation using Chandrayaan-1 Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC). https://vedas.sac.gov.in/vedas/downloads/ertd/CHANDRAYAAN/ldem-usermeet-final.pdf. Retrieved from https://vedas.sac.gov.in/vedas/downloads/ertd/CHANDRAYAAN/ldem-usermeet-final.pdf
LROC WAC Mosaic	Uncontrolled Orthomosaic	45m	?	100mpp	Global	Current	[IMG Cube GeoTIFF]	[WMS]	ASU	ASU PDS USGS	Citation: Robinson, Speyerer & al., 2012 Robinson, M., Speyerer, E., Boyd, A., Waller, D., Wagner, R. & Burns, K. (2012). Exploring the moon with the lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera. International Society for Photogrammetry.
LROC NAC DEM Derived Orthomosaics	Absolutely Controlled Orthomosaics	Varies with underlying DEM	Varies with underlying DEM	~1mpp	Regional	Current	[IMG]	[?]	ASU	ASU PDS	Citation: Henriksen, Manheim & al., 2017 Henriksen, M., Manheim, M., Burns, K., Seymour, P., Speyerer, E., Deran, A., Boyd, A., Howington-Kraus, E., Rosiek, M., Archinal, B. & Robinson, M. (2017). Extracting accurate and precise topography from LROC narrow angle camera stereo observations. Icarus, 283. 122 – 137. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.012
Uncontrolled LROC NAC Polar Orthomosaics	Uncontrolled Controlled Orthomosaics	Varies with underlying DEM	Varies with underlying DEM	~1mpp	88.5 - 90N/S	Current	[Cube]	[WMS]	ASU	ASU PDS	Citation: Wagner, Speyerer & al., 2015 Wagner, R., Speyerer, E., Robinson, M. & LROC Team (2015). New Mosaicked Data Products from the LROC Team.
Clementine Mosaic	Uncontrolled Orthomosaics	?	?	250mpp	Global	Current	[IMG]	[WMS]	ASU	PDS	Citation: Speyerer, Wagner & al., 2018 Speyerer, E., Wagner, R., Mazarico, E., Silva, V., Anderson, J., Robinson, M. & Bell, J. (2018). Production of New Clementine UVVIS Map Products Tied to the LRO Reference Frame.
Kaguya TC Global Orthomosaic	Uncontrolled Orthomosaic	50m	5m	474mpp	Global	Current	[GeoTiff]	[?]	JAXA	DARTS DARTS (Seemless) USGS	Citation: Haruyama, Hara & al., 2012 Haruyama, J., Hara, S., Hioki, K., Iwasaki, A., Morota, T., Ohtake, M., Matsunaga, T., Araki, H., Matsumoto, K., Ishihara, Y., Noda, H., Sasaki, S., Goossens, S. & Iwata, T. (2012). Lunar Global Digital Terrain Model Dataset Produced from SELENE (Kaguya) Terrain Camera Stereo Observations.
Kaguya TC Orthoimages	Uncontrolled Orthoimages	50m	5m	4095ppd / ~7.5mpp	~95%	Current	[IMG]	[?]	JAXA	DARTS	Citation: Haruyama, Hara & al., 2012 Haruyama, J., Hara, S., Hioki, K., Iwasaki, A., Morota, T., Ohtake, M., Matsunaga, T., Araki, H., Matsumoto, K., Ishihara, Y., Noda, H., Sasaki, S., Goossens, S. & Iwata, T. (2012). Lunar Global Digital Terrain Model Dataset Produced from SELENE (Kaguya) Terrain Camera Stereo Observations.