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Description

This data set contains 8-meter Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) of high mountain Asia glacier and snow regions generated from very-high-resolution commercial stereoscopic satellite imagery.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

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

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

Spatial Resolution
8 Meters x 8 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Location
HIMALAYAS
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2002-01-28 to 2016-11-24
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3249536271-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1852
Processing Level
4
Published
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.

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Shean, D. (2017). High Mountain Asia 8-meter DEMs Derived from Along-track Optical Imagery, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/GSACB044M4PK Date Accessed: 2026-08-25

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A practical approach to assessing moraine dam stability in High Mountain Asia Quincey, D. J., Chan, D. Y. K., Gelder, J. T., Quincey, K., Stevenson, R. E., Vasconi, T. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Differential MountainBuilding in the South Tian Shan Revealed by MultiSpatiotemporal Foreland Deformation Li, Feng, Shi, Xuhua, Charreau, Julien, Chen, Hanlin, Lave, Jerome, Cheng, Xiaogan, Ge, Jin, Blard, PierreHenri, Yang, Rong, Large, Etienne, Zimmermann, Catherine, Protin, Marie Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Spatiotemporal Reconstruction of Annual Glacier Mass Balance in Central Asia (20002020) Using Machine Learning Peng, Yanfei, Bolch, Tobias, Yuan, Qiangqiang, Baldacchino, Francesca, Yang, Qianqian Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Glacier mass balance and its climatic and nonclimatic drivers in the Ladakh region during 20002021 from remote sensing data Mandal, Arindan, Vishwakarma, Bramha Dutt, Angchuk, Thupstan, Azam, Mohd Farooq, Garg, Purushottam Kumar, Soheb, Mohd Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Performance validation of High Mountain Asia 8-meter Digital Elevation Model using ICESat-2 geolocated photons Dandabathula, Giribabu, Roy, Subham, Ghatage, Omkar Shashikant, Kolase, Vaibhav Balaso, Satpute, Shwetambari, Ghosh, Koushik, Kaur, Sahibnoor, Pondari, Satyanarayana, Bera, Apurba Kumar, Srivastav, Sushil Kumar Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Terrain Elevation
Late quaternary lake level variations of Mabu Co-Gala Co, southern Tibetan plateau, modulated by glacial meltwater, spillover processes and the Indian summer monsoon Zhang, Shuai, Zhao, Hui, Wang, Leibin, Chen, Yiwei, Huang, Lingxin, Hou, Juzhi, Chen, Fahu Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Characterizing the surge behaviour and associated ice-dammed lake Li, Guanyu, Lv, Mingyang, Quincey, Duncan J., Taylor, Liam S., Li, Xinwu, Yan, Shiyong, Sun, Yidan, Guo, Huadong Topographical Relief Maps, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Direct, geodetic and simulated mass balance studies of the Kolahoi Glacier in the Kashmir Himalaya, India Romshoo, Shakil Ahmad, Abdullah, Tariq, Murtaza, Khalid Omar, Bhat, Mustafa Hameed Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Remote-sensing-based monitoring the dynamics of Kyagar Glacial Lake in Luo, Yunyi, Liu, Qiao, Zhong, Yan, Han, Wang Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Explaining the differential response of glaciers across different mountain ranges in the north-western Himalaya, India Romshoo, Shakil Ahmad, Abdullah, Tariq, Rashid, Irfan, Bahuguna, I.M. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Changes in ice-surface debris, surface elevation and mass through the active phase of selected Karakoram glacier surges Glasser, Neil F., Quincey, Duncan J., King, Owen Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Glacier development in continental climate regions of central Asia Batbaatar*, Jigjidsurengiin, Gillespie, Alan R., Koppes, Michele, Clark, Douglas H., Chadwick, Oliver A., Fink, David, Matmon, Ari, Rupper, Summer Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Hot spots of glacier mass balance variability in Central Asia Barandun, Martina, Pohl, Eric, Naegeli, Kathrin, McNabb, Robert, Huss, Matthias, Berthier, Etienne, Saks, Tomas, Hoelzle, Martin Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Snow Cover
Multi-decadal geomorphic changes of a low-angle valley glacier in the East Kunlun Mountains: remote sensing observations and detachment hazard ... Wang, Xiaowen, Liu, Lin, Hu, Yan, Wu, Tonghua, Zhao, Lin, Liu, Qiao, Zhang, Rui, Zhang, Bo, Liu, Guoxiang Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Inventory and changes of rock glacier creep speeds in Ile Alatau and Kungoy Ala-Too, northern Tien Shan, since the 1950s Kaab, Andreas, Strozzi, Tazio, Bolch, Tobias, Caduff, Rafael, Trefall, Hakon, Stoffel, Markus, Kokarev, Alexander Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Examining geodetic glacier mass balance in the eastern Pamir transition zone Lv, Mingyang, Quincey, Duncan J., Guo, Huadong, King, Owen, Liu, Guang, Yan, Shiyong, Lu, Xiancai, Ruan, Zhixing Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
A systematic, regional assessment of high mountain Asia glacier mass balance Shean, David E., Bhushan, Shashank, Montesano, Paul, Rounce, David R., Arendt, Anthony, Osmanoglu, Batuhan Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, RADAR IMAGERY
UAV-derived himalayan topography: hazard assessments and comparison with global DEM products Watson, C. Scott, Kargel, Jeffrey S., Tiruwa, Babulal Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Global glacier mass changes and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016 Zemp, M., Huss, M., Thibert, E., Eckert, N., McNabb, R., Huber, J., Barandun, M., Machguth, H., Nussbaumer, S. U., Gartner-Roer, I., Thomson, L., Paul, F., Maussion, F., Kutuzov, S., Cogley, J. G. Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps
Ice thickness measurements of Guliya ice cap, western Kunlun Mountains (Tibetan Plateau), China KUTUZOV, STANISLAV, THOMPSON, LONNIE G., LAVRENTIEV, IVAN, TIAN, LIDE Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Quantifying Debris Thickness of Debris-Covered Glaciers in the Everest Region of Nepal Through Inversion of a Subdebris Melt Model Rounce, David R., King, Owen, McCarthy, Michael, Shean, David E., Salerno, Franco Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
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