Terrain Elevation Data Access and Tools

NASA's data include global radar measurements from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission and ongoing interferograms generated from European Sentinel-1 satellite scans. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Terrain Elevation Datasets

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Dataset	Platforms	Instruments	Temporal Extent	Location Keywords	Data Format
Burned and Unburned Field Site Data, Noatak, Seward, and North Slope, AK, 2016-2018	FIELD SURVEYS	SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS	2016-07-22 to 2018-08-27	ALASKA	multiple
Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation, Geobotanical, Physiographic Maps, 1982-2003	FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-5	STEEL MEASURING TAPE, AVHRR	1982-06-01 to 2010-09-30		multiple
CMS: LiDAR Data for Forested Areas in Paragominas, Para, Brazil, 2012-2014	Airplane	LIDAR	2012-07-27 to 2014-12-27		multiple
CMS: LiDAR Data for Forested Sites on Borneo Island, Kalimantan, Indonesia, 2014	Airplane	LIDAR	2014-10-18 to 2014-11-30		LAZ
CMS: LiDAR Data for Mangrove Forests in the Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique, 2014	Airplane	AIRBORNE LASER SCANNER	2014-05-05 to 2014-05-05		multiple
CMS: LiDAR-derived Canopy Height, Elevation for Sites in Kalimantan, Indonesia, 2014	Airplane	LIDAR	2014-10-18 to 2014-11-30		GeoTIFF
CMS: LiDAR-derived Tree Canopy Cover for States in the Northeast USA	Models, Airplane	Computer, AIRBORNE LASER SCANNER, CAMERAS	2008-01-01 to 2014-08-30	MARYLAND, DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	GeoTIFF
CMS: Mangrove Canopy Height Estimates from Remote Imagery, Zambezi Delta, Mozambique	Airplane, SPACE SHUTTLES, WORLDVIEW-2, TSX	AIRBORNE LASER SCANNER, SRTM, SAR	2011-10-14 to 2014-05-06		GeoTIFF
CMS: Tree Cover Estimates at 30 m Resolution for Mexico from 2000 to 2019	Models, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4, ISS	Computer, OLI, TIRS, ETM+, TM, SRTM	2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31	MEXICO	COG
Delta-X: AirSWOT L2 Geocoded Water Surface Elevation, MRD, LA, 2021, V3	King Air	AirSWOT	2021-03-26 to 2021-09-12	LOUISIANA	multiple

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Featured Terrain Elevation Observation Method: ASTER

The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) is a high spatial resolution instrument aboard the Terra satellite. ASTER provides a Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) of Earth's land surface at approximately 30-meter spatial resolution.

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Map of ASTER GDEM Version 3 shaded relief topography of San Francisco CA

New Version of the ASTER GDEM

Version 3 of the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) provides new features and sharper imagery.

Global Digital Elevation Models now available: ASTER, GDEM, and SRTM

These products are available globally at their full resolution of 30 meters per pixel.

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Japan, NASA provide open access to ASTER data

As of 1 April 2016, all Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data products are available at no charge from LP DAAC.

Discover and Access SAR Data with ASF DAAC's Vertex: Better, Stronger, Faster

Looking for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data? Learn how to discover, access and manipulate SAR data with the newly revamped NASA ASF DAAC Vertex tool. We'll showcase common data access methods and some of the advanced features of this data discovery and data access tool.

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