Improving Lunar Topography with Deep Learning Schrödinger Bridges

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.14638v1
• Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:04:07 GMT
• Title: Improving Lunar Topography with Deep Learning Schrödinger Bridges
• Abstract summary: We present a diffusion-based Schrdinger Bridge (SB) generative modeling approach for lunar topography super-resolution.<n>Our approach is inspired by existing Shape-from-Shading methods, which improve a priori low-resolution topography by using optical images at the target resolution.<n>We train SBs on a novel dataset of rendered lunar topography, emulating optical imagery from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Narrow Angle Camera.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Increasing the resolution of planetary topography models can enable a better understanding of surface processes and geomorphology; however, existing analytical super-resolution methods are expensive and difficult to apply at large scales. Generative models provide the tools to learn complex relationships within data and can be applied at scale due to hardware accelerators and parallelization. We present a diffusion-based Schrödinger Bridge (SB) generative modeling approach for lunar topography super-resolution, connecting the distribution of low-resolution topography to that of high-resolution topography, incorporating physically-constraining optical imagery. Our approach is inspired by existing Shape-from-Shading methods, which improve a priori low-resolution topography by using optical images at the target resolution. We train SBs on a novel dataset of rendered lunar topography, emulating optical imagery from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Narrow Angle Camera. The result is a flexible approach for topography super-resolution which can provide pixel-level uncertainties in the reconstruction.

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