Data for: New Lunar Crater Reveals Extensive Distal Regolith Modification

This directory contains data associated with the publication Powell et al. (2026), titled New Lunar Crater Reveals Extensive Distal Regolith Modification. It includes the following datasets: Diviner temperature data for new lunar craters: Diviner Lunar Radiometer brightness temperature data before and after impact for 21 new craters formed on the Moon during the LRO mission. Data are gridded at 128 pixels-per-degree and interpolated to local midnight. Data for each crater are stored as HDF5 files, containing the following variables: Filename example: ncA_m_post_128ppd.mat. The filename prefix identifies the crater (ncA, ncB, etc.), while "pre" and "post" indicate observations before and after impact, respectively. "ncA" corresponds to McGetchin crater. lon, lat: longitude and latitude [degrees] (2D arrays) tb6, tb7, tb8: channel 6-8 brightness temperature [K], interpolated to local midnight (2D arrays) tbol, treg, ra: Derived bolometric temperature [K], regolith temperature [K], and rock abundance [area fraction], interpolated to local midnight (2D arrays) globalColdSpotCatalog.csv: A partial catalog of lunar cold spots identified in Diviner nighttime temperature maps. Note: this catalog is a work in progress, and its completeness varies by region. It should not be considered complete for the purposes of assessing global statistics or spatial variability. However, it does contain a representative sample of cold spots sufficient for use in this study. Data are stored as a CSV, containing: Crater longitude and latitude [degrees] Crater diameter [m] Cold spot peak bolometric temperature anomaly [K] Peak temperature anomaly corrected for resolution effects [K] Equivalent H-parameter [m] and delta [m]. newCraterColdSpotCatalog.csv: A catalog of new craters >20 m in diameter identified to have formed during the LRO mission. Data are stored as a CSV, containing: Crater longitude and latitude [degrees] Crater diameter [m] Bounds on crater formation date from LRO observations Cold spot peak bolometric temperature anomaly and interquartile range [K] Peak temperature anomaly corrected for resolution effects and interquartile range [K] Equivalent H-parameter [m] and delta [m] and interquartile range.