Antarctic 1 km Digital Elevation Model (DEM) from Combined ERS-1 Radar and ICESat Laser Satellite Altimetry

Data Contributors BAMBER, JONATHAN GOMEZ-DANS, JOSE LUIS GRIGGS, JENNIFER A. Parameters COASTAL PROCESSES > COASTAL ELEVATION GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION Instruments GLAS : GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEM RADAR ALTIMETERS

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This data set provides a 1 km resolution Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of Antarctica. The DEM combines measurements from the European Remote Sensing Satellite-1 (ERS-1) Satellite Radar Altimeter (SRA) and the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) Geosciences Laser Altimeter System (GLAS). The ERS-1 data are from two long repeat cycles of 168 days initiated in March 1994, and the GLAS data are from 20 February 2003 through 21 March 2008. The data set is approximately 240 MB comprised of two gridded binary files and two Environment for Visualizing Images (ENVI) header files viewable using ENVI or other similar software packages. The data are available via FTP.

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Bamber, Jonathan L., Jose Luis Gomez-Dans, and Jennifer A. Griggs. 2009. Antarctic 1 km Digital Elevation Model (DEM) from Combined ERS-1 Radar and ICESat Laser Satellite Altimetry. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

See Also

• Polar Ice Sheet DEMs and Topographic Data at NSIDC
• ICESat/GLAS Data at NSIDC
• ICESat/GLAS Web site at University of Texas
• ICESat/GLAS Web site at NASA Wallops Flight Facility
• ICESat/GLAS Web site at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• ESA Earthnet ERS Web site
• ICESat/GLAS Data at NSIDC
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