Filtered Diviner Regolith Temperature Datasets for: A Microphysical Thermal Model for the Lunar Regolith: Investigating the Latitudinal Dependence of Regolith Properties (Q6699893)

Related Publication: Brger, J., Hayne, P. O., Gundlach, B., Luter, M., Kramer, T., Blum, J. (2024). A microphysical thermal model for the lunar regolith: Investigating the latitudinal dependence of regolith properties. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 129, e2023JE008152. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008152 Dataset: Filtered Diviner regolith temperature data for maria and highlands. The filter is based on albedo, rock abundance and local slope (details see related publication).The Diviner regolith temperatures as a function of local time are collected for every latitude\(\pm \)0.5 at the pixels selected by the above described filter. The arrays contain the binned and averaged values.File Description:Each array contains the mean local time (expressed in hours after noon), mean regolith temperature and corresponding latitude Data_array_Highlands_individual_latitudes.npy: Dataset for the highlands containing local time(expressed in hours after noon) and mean regolith temperature for every latitude\(\pm \)0.5 between -79 and +79. Data_array_Highlands_combined_latitudes.npy:Assuming that the regolith properties are the same in the northern and southern hemispheres, the data for negative and positive latitudes are combined. Data_array_Maria_individual_latitudes.npy:Dataset for the maria containing local time(expressed in hours after noon) and mean regolith temperature for every latitude\(\pm \)0.5 between -60 and +60. Data_array_Maria_combined_latitudes.npy:Assuming that the regolith properties are the same in the northern and southern hemispheres, the data for negative and positive latitudes are combined.