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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 very-high-resolution (VHR) commercial satellite imagery.

Version Description

Initial release

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
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
C3249536691-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
417
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 DEM Mosaics Derived from Optical Imagery, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/KXOVQ9L172S2 Date Accessed: 2026-05-04

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Freezethaw cycles control successive glacier landslide hazards in Amney Machen Mountain Ye, Jiaming, Jiang, Ruochen, Xiao, Shihao, Han, Yingyue, Ju, Luyu, Lu, Wenjun, Bai, Ruiqiang, Yao, Tao, Zhang, Limin Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Ice-patch collapse and early-warning implications from a Himalayan flash flood: emerging cryo-hydrological hazards under deglaciation Dandabathula, Giribabu, Ghatage, Omkar Shashikant, Roy, Subham, Bera, Apurba Kumar, Srivastav, Sushil Kumar Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Accelerating High Mountain Asia Glacier Loss From ICESat and ICESat-2 Hassan, Javed, Colgan, William, Nielsen, Karina, Bhakta Kayastha, Rijan, Khadka, Mira, Abbas Khan, Shfaqat Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Roughness, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Sea Surface Height, Sea Surface Slope, Surface Roughness, Terrain Elevation
Towards Bedmap Himalayas: a new airborne glacier thickness survey in Khumbu Himal, Nepal Pritchard, Hamish D., King, Edward C., Goodger, David J., Boyle, Douglas, Goldberg, Daniel N., Recinos, Beatriz, Orr, Andrew, Regmi, Dhananjay Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Impact of geothermal activity on the anomalous retreat of Changmolung Glacier in the Karakoram Tiwari, Sameer K., Yadav, Jairam Singh, Sain, Kalachand, Chowdhury, Arindam, Halder, Sarmistha, Bhambri, Rakesh Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Downslope solifluction movements and permafrost degradation in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau revealed by InSAR Watine, Hugo, Daout, Simon, Lave, Jerome, Doin, Marie-Pierre Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Exploring implications of input parameter uncertainties in glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) modelling results using the modelling code r. avaflow Rinzin, Sonam, Dunning, Stuart, Carr, Rachel Joanne, Sattar, Ashim, Mergili, Martin 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
The Sikkim flood of October 2023: drivers, causes, and impacts of a multihazard cascade Sattar, Ashim, Cook, Kristen L., Rai, Shashi Kant, Berthier, Etienne, Allen, Simon, Rinzin, Sonam, de Vries, Maximillian Van Wyk, Haeberli, Wilfried, Kushwaha, Pradeep, Shugar, Dan H., Emmer, Adam, Haritashya, Umesh K., Frey, Holger, Rao, Praful, Gurudin, Kori Sanjay Kumar, Rai, Prabhakar, Rajak, Rajeev, Hossain, Faruk, Huggel, Christian, Mergili, Martin, Azam, Mohd. Farooq, Gascoin, Simon, Carrivick, Jonathan L., Bell, Louie Elliot, Ranjan, Rakesh Kumar, Rashid, Irfan, Kulkarni, Anil. V., Petley, Dave, Schwanghart, Wolfgang, Watson, C. Scott, Islam, Nazimul, Gupta, Moushumi Das, Lane, Stuart N., Bhat, Shahid Younis Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Surface Rupture from an Aftershock: Remote Observations from the January 2024 Wushi (Aykol), China, Earthquakes Thompson Jobe, Jessica A., Hanagan, Catherine E., Hatem, Alexandra E., Barnhart, William D., Goldberg, Dara E., Yeck, William L. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Understanding the Future Dynamics of Kashang Glacial Lake in Indian Himalaya: Remote Sensing and Modeling-Based Hazard Assessment Kumar, Rohit, Goswami, Ajanta, Kulkarni, Anil V. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Dynamic spatiotemporal quantification of avalanches in the Central Yang, JinMing, Li, LanHai, Liu, Yang Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Late Pleistocene Fault Slip Rate within the Bole Basin: Insights into deformation kinematics in the Central Tian Shan Hu, Zongkai, Yang, Xiaoping, Li, An, Yang, Haibo 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)
Crustal-Scale Duplex Development During Accretion of the Jiuxi Foreland Wang, Yiran, Oskin, Michael E., Li, Youli, Hu, Xiu, Lei, Jinghao, Liu, Fei RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Quality Assessment of Multiple UAV-SfM DEMs Derived for Impact Assessment of a Co-Seismic Avalanche in the Himalayas Sunako, Sojiro, Fujita, Koji, Yamaguchi, Satoru, Inoue, Hiroshi, Immerzeel, Walter W., Izumi, Takeki, Kayastha, Rijan B. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Step-change in supraglacial pond area on Tshojo Glacier, Bhutan, and Carr, J. Rachel, Barrett, Amy, Rinzin, Sonam, Taylor, Caroline Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Super-resolution of digital elevation models by using multiple-point statistics and training image selection Hu, Guanghui, Jiang, Yinghui, Li, Sijin, Xiong, Liyang, Tang, Guoan, Mariethoz, Gregoire Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Enhanced glacial lake activity threatens numerous communities and Zhang, Taigang, Wang, Weicai, An, Baosheng, Wei, Lele Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Evaluation of snow depth retrievals from ICESat-2 using airborne laser-scanning data Deschamps-Berger, Cesar, Gascoin, Simon, Shean, David, Besso, Hannah, Guiot, Ambroise, Lopez-Moreno, Juan Ignacio Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Snow Depth
Glacier inventory and glacier changes (1994-2020) in the Upper Alaknanda Mishra, Aditya, Nainwal, H. C., Bolch, Tobias, Shah, Sunil Singh, Shankar, R. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Heterogeneity in glacier thinning and slowdown of ice movement in the Bhambri, Rakesh, Schmidt, Susanne, Chand, Pritam, Nusser, Marcus, Haritashya, Umesh, Sain, Kalachand, Tiwari, Sameer K., Yadav, Jairam Singh Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
An integrated deep learning and object-based image analysis approach for mapping debris-covered glaciers Thomas, Daniel Jack, Robson, Benjamin Aubrey, Racoviteanu, Adina Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Glacial Lake Extent
Cast shadows reveal changes in glacier surface elevation Pfau, Monika, Veh, Georg, Schwanghart, Wolfgang Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Automated glacier extraction using a Transformer based deep learning approach from multi-sensor remote sensing imagery Peng, Yanfei, He, Jiang, Yuan, Qiangqiang, Wang, Shouxing, Chu, Xinde, Zhang, Liangpei Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Provenance and transport of supraglacial debris revealed by variations Kirkbride, Martin P., Sherriff, Sophie C., Rowan, Ann V., Egholm, David L., Quincey, Duncan J., Miles, Evan, Hubbard, Bryn, Miles, Katie Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Understanding the 2004 glacier detachment in the Amney Machen Mountains Zhang, Taigang, Wang, Weicai, Shen, Ziheng, Zhan, Nuo, Wang, Zhongyan, An, Baosheng Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Internal structure of a Himalayan debris-covered glacier revealed by borehole optical televiewing Miles, Katie E., Hubbard, Bryn, Miles, Evan S., Quincey, Duncan J., Rowan, Ann V. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Modelling debris-covered glacier ablation using the simultaneous heat and water transport model. Part 1: Model development and application to North ... Winter-Billington, Alex, Dadic, Ruzica, Moore, R. D., Flerchinger, Gerald, Wagnon, Patrick, Banerjee, Argha Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Error and Uncertainty Degrade Topographic Corrections of Remotely Sensed Data Dozier, Jeff, Bair, Edward H., Baskaran, Latha, Brodrick, Philip G., Carmon, Nimrod, Kokaly, Raymond F., Miller, Charles E., Miner, Kimberley R., Painter, Thomas H., Thompson, David R. Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, RADAR IMAGERY
Evaluating a geographical information system (GIS)-based approach for determining topographic shielding factors in cosmic-ray exposure dating Hofmann, Felix Martin RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Extraction of Velocity Time Series With an Optimal Temporal Sampling Charrier, Laurane, Yan, Yajing, Koeniguer, Elise Colin, Leinss, Silvan, Trouve, Emmanuel Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Glacier's Response Over Gradual Increase of Supra-Debris in Valley Glacier, Central Himalaya Reza, Masoom, Joshi, Ramesh Chandra Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Rapid Holocene bedrock canyon incision of Beida River, North Qilian Shan, China Wang, Yiran, Oskin, Michael E., Li, Youli, Zhang, Huiping Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Catastrophic ice-debris flow in the Rishiganga River, Chamoli, Uttarakhand (India) Pandey, Vijendra Kumar, Kumar, Rajesh, Singh, Rupendra, Kumar, Rajesh, Rai, Suresh Chand, Singh, Ramesh P., Tripathi, Arun Kumar, Soni, Vijay Kumar, Ali, S. Nawaz, Tamang, Dakshina, Latief, Syed Umer Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Be10 dating of icemarginal moraines in the Khumbu Valley, Nepal, Central Himalaya, reveals the response of monsooninfluenced glaciers to Holocene climate ... Hornsey, Josephine, Rowan, Ann V., Kirkbride, Martin P., Livingstone, Stephen J., Fabel, Derek, Rodes, Angel, Quincey, Duncan J., Hubbard, Bryn, Jomelli, Vincent Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Debris-covered glacier systems and associated glacial lake outburst Racoviteanu, A.E., Nicholson, L., Glasser, N.F., Miles, Evan, Harrison, S., Reynolds, J.M. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Probing the upper end of intracontinental earthquake magnitude: A prehistoric example from the Dzhungarian and Lepsy Faults of Kazakhstan Tsai, C.H., Abdrakhmatov, K., Mukambayev, A., Elliott, A. J., Elliott, J. R., Grutzner, C., Rhodes, E. J., Ivester, A. H., Walker, R. T., Wilkinson, R. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Retrospective analysis and hazard assessment of Gega glacial lake in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis Hu, Kaiheng, Zhang, Xiaopeng, Gouli, Manish Raj, Liu, Shuang, Nie, Yong Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Three different glacier surges at a spot: What satellites observe and what not Paul, Frank, Piermattei, Livia, Treichler, Desiree, Gilbert, Lin, Girod, Luc, Kaab, Andreas, Libert, Ludivine, Nagler, Thomas, Strozzi, Tazio, Wuite, Jan Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Spatiotemporal supraglacial pond and ice cliff changes in the BhutanTibet border region from 2016 to 2018 Taylor, Caroline Jane, Carr, Joanne Rachel, Rounce, David Robert Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Synergistic analysis of satellite, unmanned aerial vehicle, terrestrial laser scanner data and process-based modelling for understanding the dynamics and ... Dhote, Pankaj R., Thakur, Praveen K., Chouksey, Arpit, Srivastav, S.K., Raghvendra, S., Rautela, Piyoosh, Ranjan, Rajeev, Allen, Simon, Stoffel, Markus, Bisht, Sanjay, Negi, Bhupender Singh, Aggarwal, S.P., Chauhan, Prakash Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Towards ice-thickness inversion: an evaluation of global digital elevation models (DEMs) in the glacierized Tibetan Plateau Chen, Wenfeng, Yao, Tandong, Zhang, Guoqing, Li, Fei, Zheng, Guoxiong, Zhou, Yushan, Xu, Fenglin RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
A holistic view of Shisper Glacier surge and outburst floods: from Muhammad, Sher, Li, Jia, Steiner, Jakob F., Shrestha, Finu, Shah, Ghulam M., Berthier, Etienne, Guo, Lei, Wu, Li-xin, Tian, Lide Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Morphology and evolution of supraglacial hummocks on debris-covered Bartlett, Oliver T., Ng, Felix S.L., Rowan, Ann V. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Glacier changes on the Nanga Parbat 18562020: A multi-source retrospective analysis Nusser, Marcus, Schmidt, Susanne 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)
Accelerated mass loss of Himalayan glaciers since the Little Ice Age Lee, Ethan, Carrivick, Jonathan L., Quincey, Duncan J., Cook, Simon J., James, William H. M., Brown, Lee E. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Contrasting surface velocities between lake- and land-terminating Pronk, Jan Bouke, Bolch, Tobias, King, Owen, Wouters, Bert, Benn, Douglas I. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Correcting for systematic underestimation of topographic glacier aerodynamic roughness values from Hintereisferner, Austria Chambers, Joshua R., Smith, Mark W., Smith, Thomas, Sailer, Rudolf, Quincey, Duncan J., Carrivick, Jonathan L., Nicholson, Lindsey, Mertes, Jordan, Stiperski, Ivana, James, Mike R. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
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