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Improved SRTM DEM released by NASA at 30 meter resolution!

The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM has been improved for its height accuracy and data coverage. It has pixel size of 30m. This improved DEM data was officially released by NASA during February of this year.


See the example of improved data in the video shown below-


A new #NASADEM dataset extends the #SRTM legacy by improving the Digitial Elevation Model (DEM) height accuracy and data coverage as well as providing additional SRTM radar-related data products.


The LP DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of NASADEM data products at 1 arc second resolution.


NASADEM extends the legacy of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) by improving the digital elevation model (DEM) height accuracy and data coverage as well as providing additional SRTM radar-related data products. The improvements were achieved by reprocessing the original SRTM radar signal data and telemetry data with updated algorithms and auxiliary data not available at the time of the original SRTM processing.




A citation containing the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for each of the NASADEM datasets is provided below-

  • NASADEM Merged DEM Global 1 aprc second - NASADEM_HGT NASA JPL (2020). NASADEM Merged DEM Global 1 arc second V001 [Data set]. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD from https://doi.org/10.5067/MEaSUREs/NASADEM/NASADEM_HGT.001

  • NASADEM Merged DEM Global 1 arc second nc - NASADEM_NC NASA JPL (2020). NASADEM Merged DEM Global 1 arc second nc V001 [Data set]. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD from https://doi.org/10.5067/MEaSUREs/NASADEM/NASADEM_NC.001

  • NASADEM Merged DEM Source Global 1 arc second nc - NASADEM_NUMNC NASA JPL (2020). NASADEM Merged DEM Source Global 1 arc second nc V001 [Data set]. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD from https://doi.org/10.5067/MEaSUREs/NASADEM/NASADEM_NUMNC.001

  • NASADEM Slope and Curvature Global 1 arc second - NASADEM_SC NASA JPL (2020). NASADEM Slope and Curvature Global 1 arc second V001 [Data set]. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD from https://doi.org/10.5067/MEaSUREs/NASADEM/NASADEM_SC.001

  • NASADEM SRTM Subswath Global 1 arc second - NASADEM_SSP NASA JPL (2020). NASA SRTM Subswath Global 1 arc second V001 [Data set]. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD from https://doi.org/10.5067/MEaSUREs/NASADEM/NASADEM_SSP.001

  • NASADEM SRTM Image Mosaic Global 1 arc second - NASADEM_SIM NASA JPL (2020). NASA SRTM Image Mosaic Global 1 arc second V001 [Data set]. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD from https://doi.org/10.5067/MEaSUREs/NASADEM/NASADEM_SIM.001

  • NASADEM SRTM-only Height and Height Precision Mosaic Global 1 arc second - NASADEM_SHHP NASA JPL (2020). NASA SRTM-only Height and Height Precision Global 1 arc second V001 [Data set]. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD from https://doi.org/10.5067/MEaSUREs/NASADEM/NASADEM_SHHP.001


Users can now access the data products through the Data Pool and NASA’s Earthdata Search.

Have questions? Contact LP DAAC User Services.


(Source: LPDAAC website)

 
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