Publications Citing Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) Data

List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) data.

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic	Dataset
Impacts of Climate Change, Human Activities, and Their Interactions on China's Gross Primary Productivity	2026	Diao, Yiwei, Lai, Jie, Huang, Lijun, Wang, Anzhi, Wu, Jiabing, Liu, Yage, Shen, Lidu, Zhang, Yuan, Cai, Rongrong, Fei, Wenli, Zhou, Hao	RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)	NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003
Increased surface water evaporation loss induced by reservoir development on the Loess Plateau	2026	Liu, Yao, Xie, Xianhong, Wang, Yibing, Tursun, Arken, Peng, Dawei, Wu, Xinran, Xue, Baolin	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Incorporating Elevation in Traffic-Vehicle CO-Simulation: Issues, Impacts, and Solutions	2026	Xu, Guanhao, Zhou, Anye, Saroj, Abhilasha, Wang, Chieh Ross, Sujan, Vivek, Rodgers, Michael O., Chen, Jianfei Max, Calderon, Oriana, Wang, Zejiang	RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)	NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003
In situ cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al reveal the complex exposure and erosion history of the landscape once covered by the Quebec-Labrador Ice Dome	2026	Cavnar, Peyton M., Bierman, Paul R., Shakun, Jeremy D., Corbett, Lee B., LeBlanc, Danielle, Galford, Gillian L., Couette, Pierre-Olivier, Ghienne, Jean-Francois, Lajeunesse, Patrick, van der Woerd, Jerome, Caffee, Marc	Stratigraphic Sequence, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Soil Depth, Sediments	Global 1-km Gridded Thickness of Soil, Regolith, and Sedimentary Deposit Layers
Detecting and Predicting Vegetation Transitions Based on Resilience Dynamics and Land-Cover Changes	2026	Zhao, Xueming, Zheng, Zhaoju, Yang, Shijie, Zhao, Dan, Xu, Cong, Zeng, Yuan	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Comprehensive uncrewed aerial system data for Amazon rainforest at Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador	2026	Jung, Minyoung, Chang, Anjin, Cannon, Charles H., Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo, Jung, Jinha	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Plant Phenology, Canopy Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Lidar, Topography, VEGETATION HEIGHT	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 GEDI L2A Elevation and Height Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V002 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Enhancing aboveground biomass estimation in tropical dry forests with GEDI, Sentinel-1/2 and national Forest inventory data	2026	Reyes-Palomeque, Gabriela, Andres-Mauricio, Juan, Hernandez-Martinez, Luis A., Pena-Lara, Victor, Tun-Dzul, Fernando, Hernandez-Stefanoni, Jose Luis	Plant Phenology, Canopy Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Lidar, Topography, VEGETATION HEIGHT, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), VIEWING GEOMETRY, Terrain Elevation	GEDI L2A Elevation and Height Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V002 GEDI L2B Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V002
Differential MountainBuilding in the South Tian Shan Revealed by MultiSpatiotemporal Foreland Deformation	2026	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)	High Mountain Asia 8-meter DEMs Derived from Along-track Optical Imagery V001
Driving mechanisms of vegetation carbon sink distribution based on explainable machine learning and evaluation of carbon sequestration in open-pit mines	2026	Geng, Yulong, Guo, Weihua, Li, Quanzhi, Zhang, Fan, zhong, Anya, Hu, Zhenqi	Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity	MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 250m SIN Grid V061 MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 250m SIN Grid V006 NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003 NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 30 arc second V002 MODIS/Terra Net Primary Production Gap-Filled Yearly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 MODIS/Terra Net Primary Production Gap-Filled Yearly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006
Early dispersal of Neolithic populations in the ancient Pearl River	2026	Yu, Yin-Xuan, Guo, Li-Xin, Watanabe, Nobuya	RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)	NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003 NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 30 arc second V002
Emissivity-Driven Directional Biases in Geostationary Satellite Land Surface Temperature: Integrated Comparison and Parametric Analysis Across Complex Terrain in Hunan, China	2026	Fan, Jiazhi, Han, Qinzhe, Sui, Bing, Chen, Leishi, Yang, Luping, Lv, Guanru, Zhou, Bi, Li, Enguang	Topographical Relief Maps, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)	ASTER Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Digital Elevation Model V004
Effect of Climatic Aridity on Above-Ground Biomass, Modulated by Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity in Ghana	2026	Njomaba, Elisha, Aikins, Ben Emunah, Surovy, Peter	Canopy Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), VIEWING GEOMETRY, Terrain Elevation, Lidar, Topography, VEGETATION HEIGHT	GEDI L2B Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V002
Elevation uncertainties in the Mekong Delta quantified using a transferable approach	2026	Seeger, Katharina, Minderhoud, Philip S. J.	Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Climate Adaptation	Altimeter Corrected Elevations, Version 2 (ACE2)
Declining grassland canopy height in China under asymmetric biomass allocation	2026	Li, Huaqiang, Hu, Xinmiao, Li, Fei, Zhang, Yingjun, Lin, Kejian, Wang, Jie, Wang, Jiating	Plant Phenology, Canopy Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Lidar, Topography, Vegetation Height, Reflectance, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), VIEWING GEOMETRY, Terrain Elevation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)	GEDI L2A Elevation and Height Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V002 MODIS/Terra Surface Reflectance 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 MODIS/Terra Surface Reflectance 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 GEDI L2B Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V002 MODIS/Terra Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 MODIS/Terra Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006
Declining thermal walkability in the Arabian Peninsula: a thermal-climate analysis with walking implications	2026	Fu, Zhaowan, Matzarakis, Andreas, Li, Yuguo	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Evaluating and comparing the performance of ICESat-2 and GEDI data for estimating aboveground biomass in mangroves	2026	Yu, Jianan, Nie, Sheng, Liu, Wenjie, Sun, Zhongyi, Wang, Cheng, Xi, Xiaohuan, Zhu, Xiaoxiao, Fang, Mengyang	Mangroves, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Canopy Characteristics, Coastal, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Terrain Elevation, Lidar	CMS: Mangrove Canopy Height Estimates from Remote Imagery, Zambezi Delta, Mozambique CMS: LiDAR Data for Mangrove Forests in the Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique, 2014
Evaluation of arsenic and nitrate contamination in groundwater from alluvium aquifers: Hydrogeochemical features, water quality and health risk assessment	2026	Sener, Sehnaz, Savran, Gozde, Sener, Erhan	RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)	NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003 NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 30 arc second V002
Delta-X: An airborne remote sensing framework to calibrate hydrodynamic	2026	Simard, Marc, Jones, Cathleen E., Twilley, Robert R., Castaneda-Moya, Edward, Fagherazzi, Sergio, Fichot, Cedric G., Lamb, Michael P., Passalacqua, Paola, Pavelsky, Tamlin M., Thompson, David R., Belhadj-aissa, Saoussen, Biswas, Pradipta, Christensen, Alexandra, Cortese, Luca, Denbina, Michael, Donatelli, Carmine, Flores, Sarah, Fontenot, Andy, Harringmeyer, Joshua P., Jensen, Daniel, Mallard, John, Nghiem, Justin, Oliver-Cabrera, Talib, Payandeh, Ali Reza, Rovai, Andre S., Solohin, Elena, Soloy, Antoine, Varugu, Bhuvan, Wang, Dongchen, Wright, Kyle, Zhang, Xiaohe, Zheng, Yang	Hydroperiod, Inundation, Water Channels, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Estuary, Water Depth, Coastal Bathymetry, Rivers/Stream, Wetlands, Deltas, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Coastal Elevation, Wetlands, Stage Height, Salt Marsh, Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Forests, Suspended Solids, Terrain Elevation, Primary Production, Vegetation Species, Plant Characteristics, Sedimentation, Accretion, Isotopic Age, Soil Horizons/Profile, Infrared Radiance, Sedimentation, Sediments, VIEWING GEOMETRY, Vegetation Cover, Geolocation, Visible Radiance, Sediment Transport, Sediment Transport, Attenuation/Transmission, Vegetation Fraction, Sea Level Changes, REFLECTED INFRARED, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Reflectance, Isotopes, Nutrients, Nutrient Cycling, Isotope Ratios, Sediment Transport, Sediment Transport, Nitrogen, Organic Matter, Soil Bulk Density, Carbon, Potassium, Nitrogen, Dominant Species, Discharge/Flow, Soil Rooting Depth, Salinity, Sediment Composition, Organic Matter, Solids, Surface Water Chemistry, Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), Sedimentation, Water Depth, Water Characteristics, Turbidity, Water Temperature, Chlorophyll Concentrations, Sedimentation	Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Weighted Mean Hydroperiod, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Sonar Bathymetry Survey of Channels, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Pre-Delta-X: Channel Bathymetry of the Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 Delta-X: Digital Elevation Model, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: UAVSAR L3 Water Level Changes, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Aboveground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 Delta-X AVIRIS-NG and UAVSAR L3 Derived Forest Aboveground Biomass, MRD, LA Delta-X: Total Suspended Solids Concentration across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: UAVSAR L1 Single Look Complex (SLC) Stack Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: AirSWOT Level 1B Interferogram Products in Radar Coordinates, 2021 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3 Derived Herbaceous Aboveground Biomass, MRD, Louisiana, USA, V3 Delta-X: UAVSAR L3 Gridded Open Water Channels, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Aboveground Vegetation Structure, Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, V2 Delta-X: Soil Accretion Rates from Cs-137 Activity and NUMAR Validation, MRD, LA Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L1B Spectral Radiance Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Delft3D Broad-Scale Sediment Model, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Pre-Delta-X: UAVSAR-derived Water Level Change Maps, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 Delta-X: In situ Beam Attenuation and Particle Size from LISST-200X, 2021 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2B Derived Fractional Cover, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: UAVSAR L2 Interferometric Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, MRD Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Root Stable Isotopes from Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, August 2021 Delta-X: NUMAR Predictive Model for Marsh Accretion Rates and Chemical Properties Delta-X: Matlab Model for Wax Lake Delta Land Accretion Delta-X: Delft3D Sediment Model, Site 421, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Soil Properties for Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V3 Delta-X: Foliar Stable Isotopes, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Channel Surveys, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Ecogeomorphic Cell Products across the MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: UAVSAR L1B Interferometric Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Belowground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Weighted Mean Salinity, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Delft3D Broad-Scale Sediment Model, Atchafalaya Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Particulate Organic Carbon Concentration from Water Samples, MRD, LA, 2021 Delta-X: Feldspar Sediment Accretion Measurements, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2023, Version 4 Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Extended Domain Hydrodynamic Model Delta-X: In-situ Water Surface Elevation, MRD, Louisiana, USA, 2021 Delta-X: In Situ Water Quality Indicators across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: NUMAR Soil Accretion Modeled to 2100, MRD, Louisiana, USA
Disturbance history and canopy structure drive growing season albedo	2026	Aba, Imen Ben, Sylvain, Jean-Daniel, Drolet, Guillaume, Nadeau, Daniel F., Anctil, Francois	RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)	NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003 NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 30 arc second V002
Divergent Effects of Climate Change on the Potential Habitats of Two	2026	Shrestha, Uttam Babu, Maharjan, Shirish, Tiwari, Achyut, Luo, Yan, Phuentsho, Ghimire, Suresh Kumar, Shrestha, Bharat Babu	RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)	NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003 NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 30 arc second V002
Cropland use intensity, stability, and crop transition dynamics in the	2026	Gan, Lai, Xiao, Xiao, Li, Yishan, Hu, Qiyuan, Lan, Yang, Xie, Yang, Lun, Fei	RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)	NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003 NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 30 arc second V002
Contrasting thermophilization among forests, grasslands and alpine summits	2026	Yue, Kai, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Myers-Smith, Isla H., Waller, Donald M., Verheyen, Kris, Bernhardt-Romermann, Markus, Baeten, Lander, Staude, Ingmar R., Bjorkman, Anne D., Hedl, Radim, Andrews, Christopher, Barni, Elena, Becker, Thomas, Becker-Scarpitta, Antoine, Benito-Alonso, Jose-Luis, Bennie, Jonathan, Berki, Imre, Bluml, Volker, Brunet, Jorg, Bullock, James M., Van Calster, Hans, Carbognani, Michele, Chudomelova, Marketa, Closset-Kopp, Deborah, Dan Turtureanu, Pavel, Daskalova, Gergana N., Decocq, Guillaume, Dick, Jan, Diekmann, Martin, Dirnbock, Thomas, Durak, Tomasz, Eriksson, Ove, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Graae, Bente Jessen, Heinken, Thilo, Hermy, Martin, Horchler, Peter, Jandt, Ute, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kanka, Robert, Kollar, Jozef, Kopecky, Martin, Kudernatsch, Thomas, Lamprecht, Andrea, Lenoir, Jonathan, Macek, Martin, Malicki, Marek, Malis, Frantisek, Michelsen, Ottar, Mitchell, Fraser, Naaf, Tobias, Nagel, Thomas A., Newman, Miles, Newton, Adrian C., Nicklas, Lena, Oddi, Ludovica, Orczewska, Anna, Orsenigo, Simone, Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne, Ouden, Jan den, Pauli, Harald, Peterken, George, Petrik, Petr, Pielech, Remigiusz, Puscas, Mihai, Randin, Christophe, Reczynska, Kamila, Rixen, Christian, Schei, Fride Histad, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Sebesta, Jan, Stachurska-Swakon, Alina, Standovar, Tibor, Swierkosz, Krzysztof, Teleki, Balazs, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, Ursu, Tudor-Mihai, Vanneste, Thomas, Vellend, Mark, Vergeer, Philippine, Vild, Ondrej, Villar, Luis, Vittoz, Pascal, Winkler, Manuela, Wipf, Sonja, Wu, Fuzhong, Zhang, Shengmin, De Frenne, Pieter	RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)	NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003
PhysicsConstrained Network for Enhanced ExtendedRange Precipitation Forecasting in East Asia	2026	Wang, Yudan, Chen, Huimin, Wu, Hao, Liu, Jane, Yuan, Huiling, Cao, Shuya, Wang, Tijian, Zhuang, Bingliang	RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain	NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003 GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 1 day 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGDF) at GES DISC
Prediction of groundwater total nitrogen via an interpretable ensemble machine learning framework: Implications for groundwater diversion management in complex catchments	2026	Sun, Qiqi, Cui, Yuhuan, Wang, Jie, Chen, Guanyu, Zhang, Shuhui, Yang, Ming, Liu, Mengyu, Hao, Shuang, Liu, Lin	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Predicting spatial patterns of Cuculus canorus under climate change in Turkiye	2026	Ertugrul, Emrah, Akdemir, Dogan, Ozdemir, Serkan	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002