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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.

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
C3249546468-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2222
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 Cross-track Optical Imagery, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/0MCWJJH5ABYO Date Accessed: 2026-08-19

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Establishing a robust area-to-volume scaling for Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Retrogressive Thaw Slumps: A key tool for quantifying mass wasting and carbon release induced by permafrost degradation Ma, Jiapei, Wang, Genxu, Song, Chunlin, Gao, Dexin, Li, Jinlong, Huang, Peng, Guo, Linmao, Li, Kai, Lin, Shan, Sun, Shouqin Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Predictive understanding of socioeconomic flood impact in data-scarce regions based on channel properties and storm characteristics: application in High Mountain ... Khanam, Mariam, Sofia, Giulia, Rodriguez, Wilmalis, Nikolopoulos, Efthymios I., Lu, Binghao, Song, Dongjin, Anagnostou, Emmanouil N. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Floods
Brief communication: An ice-debris avalanche in the Nupchu Valley, Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, eastern Nepal Byers, Alton C., Somos-Valenzuela, Marcelo, Shugar, Dan H., McGrath, Daniel, Chand, Mohan B., Avtar, Ram 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
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)
Mountain observatories: Status and prospects for enhancing and connecting a global community Shahgedanova, Maria, Adler, Carolina, Gebrekirstos, Aster, Grau, H. Ricardo, Huggel, Christian, Marchant, Robert, Pepin, Nicholas, Vanacker, Veerle, Viviroli, Daniel, Vuille, Mathias 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
Measurements, models and drivers of incoming longwave radiation in the Himalaya de Kok, Remco J., Steiner, Jakob F., Litt, Maxime, Wagnon, Patrick, Koch, Inka, Azam, Mohd F., Immerzeel, Walter W. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
A rockfall-induced glacial lake outburst flood, Upper Barun Valley, Nepal Byers, Alton C., Rounce, David R., Shugar, Dan H., Lala, Jonathan M., Byers, Elizabeth A., Regmi, Dhananjay Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps
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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