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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 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/KXOVQ9L172S2 Date Accessed: 2026-07-14

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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), Ice Velocity
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)
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)
Glacier changes on the Nanga Parbat 18562020: A multi-source retrospective analysis Nusser, Marcus, Schmidt, Susanne Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
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)
InSAR-based detection method for mapping and monitoring slow-moving landslides in remote regions with steep and mountainous terrain: An application to Nepal Bekaert, David P.S., Handwerger, Alexander L., Agram, Piyush, Kirschbaum, Dalia B. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Hydrology of debris-covered glaciers in High Mountain Asia Miles, Katie E., Hubbard, Bryn, Irvine-Fynn, Tristram D.L., Miles, Evan S., Quincey, Duncan J., Rowan, Ann V. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Landforms of the lower Hushe Valley (Central Karakoram, Pakistan) Zabaleta, Ane, Alvarez, Irantzu, Aranburu, Arantza, Izagirre, Enaut, Uriarte, Jesus A., Morales, Tomas, Antiguedad, Inaki Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Reconstructing the Chongbaxia Tsho glacial lake outburst flood in the Nie, Yong, Liu, Wei, Liu, Qiao, Hu, Xu, Westoby, Matthew J. Reforestation, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Permafrost, Rock Glaciers, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Glaciers, Ice Sheets, Icebergs, Ice Deformation, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Edges, Ice Extent, Ice Floes, Ice Growth/Melt, Ice Roughness, Ice Temperature, Ice Types, Icebergs, Leads, Pack Ice, Polynyas, Reflectance, Sea Ice Motion, Ice Extent, Ice Growth/Melt, Ice Motion, Ice Velocity, Lake Ice, Permafrost, River Ice, Snow Cover, Landslides, Aeolian Landforms, Coastal Landforms, Fluvial Landforms, Glacial Landforms, Karst Landforms, Tectonic Landforms, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Landscape Ecology, Landscape Patterns, Landscape Processes, Reforestation, Surface Roughness, Terrain Elevation, Topographic Effects, Barrier Islands, Beaches, Deltas, Dunes, Estuaries, Fjords, Inlets, Lagoons, Mangroves, Marshes, Rocky Coasts, Shorelines, Wind Waves, Surface Winds, Ice Deformation, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Edges, Ice Extent, Ice Floes, Ice Roughness, Ice Types, Icebergs, Leads, Pack Ice, Polynyas, Sea Ice Motion, Glacial Landforms, Caldera, Cinder Cone, Faults, Folds, Geyser, Graben, Horst, Lava Dome, Lava Plain, Maar, Mountains, Plateau, Ridge, Rift Valley, Tuya, Volcano, Tectonic Landforms, Earthquakes, Plate Tectonics, Volcanic Activity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Glaciers, Ice Sheets, Icebergs, Ice Extent, Ice Growth/Melt, Ice Motion, Ice Velocity, Lake Ice, Permafrost, River Ice, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Reconstructing the History of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) in the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, East Nepal: An Interdisciplinary Approach Byers, Alton C., Chand, Mohan Bahadur, Lala, Jonathan, Shrestha, Milan, Byers, Elizabeth A., Watanabe, Teiji Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
More dynamic than expected: an updated survey of surging glaciers in the Goerlich, Franz, Bolch, Tobias, Paul, Frank Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Putting the poorly documented 1998 GLOF disaster in Shakhimardan River valley (Alay Range, Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan) into perspective Petrakov, Dmitry A., Chernomorets, Sergey S., Viskhadzhieva, Karina S., Dokukin, Mikhail D., Savernyuk, Elena A., Petrov, Maxim A., Erokhin, Sergey A., Tutubalina, Olga V., Glazyrin, Gleb E., Shpuntova, Alyona M., Stoffel, Markus Reforestation, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Permafrost, Rock Glaciers, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Glaciers, Ice Sheets, Icebergs, Ice Deformation, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Edges, Ice Extent, Ice Floes, Ice Growth/Melt, Ice Roughness, Ice Temperature, Ice Types, Icebergs, Leads, Pack Ice, Polynyas, Reflectance, Sea Ice Motion, Ice Extent, Ice Growth/Melt, Ice Motion, Ice Velocity, Lake Ice, Permafrost, River Ice, Snow Cover, Landslides, Aeolian Landforms, Coastal Landforms, Fluvial Landforms, Glacial Landforms, Karst Landforms, Tectonic Landforms, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Landscape Ecology, Landscape Patterns, Landscape Processes, Reforestation, Surface Roughness, Terrain Elevation, Topographic Effects, Barrier Islands, Beaches, Deltas, Dunes, Estuaries, Fjords, Inlets, Lagoons, Mangroves, Marshes, Rocky Coasts, Shorelines, Wind Waves, Surface Winds, Ice Deformation, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Edges, Ice Extent, Ice Floes, Ice Roughness, Ice Types, Icebergs, Leads, Pack Ice, Polynyas, Sea Ice Motion, Glacial Landforms, Caldera, Cinder Cone, Faults, Folds, Geyser, Graben, Horst, Lava Dome, Lava Plain, Maar, Mountains, Plateau, Ridge, Rift Valley, Tuya, Volcano, Tectonic Landforms, Earthquakes, Plate Tectonics, Volcanic Activity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Glaciers, Ice Sheets, Icebergs, Ice Extent, Ice Growth/Melt, Ice Motion, Ice Velocity, Lake Ice, Permafrost, River Ice, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Single-year thermal regime and inferred permafrost occurrence in the upper Ganglass catchment of the cold-arid Himalaya, Ladakh, India Wani, John Mohd, Thayyen, Renoj J., Gruber, Stephan, Ojha, Chandra Shekhar Prasad, Stumm, Dorothea Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Topographic data from satellites Mudd, Simon M. RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Cryosphere hazards in Ladakh: the 2014 Gya glacial lake outburst flood and its implications for risk assessment Schmidt, Susanne, Nusser, Marcus, Baghel, Ravi, Dame, Juliane Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Deducing Crustal-Scale Reverse-Fault Geometry and Slip Distribution From Folded River Terraces, Qilian Shan, China Wang, Yiran, Oskin, Michael E., Zhang, Huiping, Li, Youli, Hu, Xiu, Lei, Jinghao 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
Assessment of Changes in Mass Balance of the Tuyuksu Group of Glaciers Kapitsa, Vassiliy, Shahgedanova, Maria, Severskiy, Igor, Kasatkin, Nikolay, White, Kevin, Usmanova, Zamira Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Automated detection of rock glaciers using deep learning and Robson, Benjamin Aubrey, Bolch, Tobias, MacDonell, Shelley, Holbling, Daniel, Rastner, Philipp, Schaffer, Nicole Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Ensemble matching of repeat satellite images applied to measure fast-changing ice flow, verified with mountain climber trajectories on Khumbu icefall, Mount Everest Altena, Bas, Kaab, Andreas Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Instruments and methods: hot-water borehole drilling at a high-elevation debris-covered glacier Miles, Katie E., Miles, Evan S., Hubbard, Bryn, Quincey, Duncan J., Rowan, Ann V., Pallett, Mark Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Repeat Glacier Collapses and Surges in the Amney Machen Mountain Range Paul, Frank Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
The Geomorphic Impact of Outburst Floods: Integrating Observations and Turzewski, Michael D., Huntington, Katharine W., LeVeque, Randall J. Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Terrain induced biases in clear-sky shortwave radiation due to digital elevation model resolution for glaciers in complex terrain Olson, Matthew, Rupper, Summer, Shean, David E. Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps
Shortening accommodated by thrust and strike-slip faults in the Ili Basin, Northern Tien Shan Grutzner, C., Campbell, G., Walker, R.T., Jackson, J., Mackenzie, D., Abdrakhmatov, K., Mukambayev, A. RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
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