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Description

This data set contains 8-meter Digital Elevation Model (DEM) mosaics of high mountain Asia glacier and snow regions generated from from very-high-resolution commercial stereo satellite imagery.

Product Summary

Platforms
GEOEYE-1 ,
QUICKBIRD-2 ,
WORLDVIEW-1 ,
WORLDVIEW-2 ,
WORLDVIEW-3
Instruments
CAMERAS ,
QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60
Spatial Extent

N: 46 S: 26 E: 103 W: 67

Spatial Resolution
8 Meters x 8 Meters
Geographic Region
HIMALAYAS
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2002-01-28 to 2016-11-24
Concept ID
C3249546468-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2222
Processing Level
4
Science Keywords
Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Shean, D. (2017). High Mountain Asia 8-meter DEMs Derived from Cross-track Optical Imagery, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/0MCWJJH5ABYO Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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