Using LROC Imagery

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Science Operations Center (SOC) team at Arizona State University releases image data every three months to the NASA Planetary Data System (PDS). Data products available through the LROC Data Node of the PDS or through NASA PDS interfaces are in the public domain (see list of URLs below).

Images available on the LROC website, including but not limited to Featured Images, Featured Sites, curated products, downloads and non-PDS interfaces listed above, are copyrighted.

Use by news agencies, schools and universities, museums or other organizations for educational purposes is encouraged and permitted without prior permission, provided images are properly cited per Section 2, Paragraph B.

All commercial use of LROC images not downloaded from the LROC PDS archive require prior permission.

Acknowledgement of the LROC website and its resources help ensure continuing support from NASA necessary for the validation, archiving, and distribution of LROC images.

For news media or educational purposes, credit LROC images with the text tag NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University. If space is limited, the shorter credit NASA/GSFC/ASU is also acceptable.

For the utilization of PDS-delivered data in research, please cite with the following:

• Robinson, M.S., et. al. (2010). Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Instrument Overview, Space Science Reviews, Vol 150, pp. 81-124.

• Humm, D.C., et. al. (2015). Flight Calibration of the LROC Narrow Angle Camera, Space Science Reviews Online, pg. 1-43.

• Mahanti, P., et. al. (2015). Inflight Calibration of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Wide Angle Camera, Space Science Reviews Online, pg. 1-38.

• Speyerer, E.J., et. al. (2012). In-Flight Geometric Calibration of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XXXIX-B4, pg 511-516.

• Robinson, M.S., Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Experimental Data Record, LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System (2010).

Further references are encouraged for specific LROC Reduced Data Record (RDR) products when utilized in research. Examples include (but are not all-inclusive):

• Henriksen, M.R., et. al. (2017). Extracting accurate and precise topography from LROC narrow angle camera stereo observations. Icarus 283: 122-137.

• Klem, S.M., et. al. (2014). Controlled LROC Narrow Angle Camera High Resolution Mosaics, [Abstract]. 45th Lunar Planetary Science Conference, 2885.

• Mattson, S., et. al. (2012). Exploring the Moon with LROC-NAC Stereo Anaglyphs, European Planetary Science Congress (2012).

• Speyerer, E., et. al. (2012). A New Lunar Atlas: Mapping the Moon with the Wide Angle Camera, [Abstract]. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, P43B-1913.

• Scholten, F., et. al., GLD100 – The Globabl Lunar 100 meter Raster DTM from LROC WAC Stereo Models, [Abstract]. 42nd Lunar Planetary Science Conference, 2046.

When utilizing data delivered via Lunaserv (the LROC SOC WMS implementation) in research, please cite with the following:

• Estes, N.M., et. al. (2013). Lunaserv Web Map Service: History, Implementation Details, Development, and Uses, [Abstract]. 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2609.

• Robinson, M.S., Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Experimental Data Record, LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System (2010).

• Robinson, M.S., et. al. (2010). Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Instrument Overview, Space Science Reviews, Vol 150, pp. 81-124.