ArcticDEM Strips

UMN/PGC/ArcticDEM/V3/2m
Dataset Availability
2009-08-16T00:00:00Z–2017-03-12T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("UMN/PGC/ArcticDEM/V3/2m")
Tags
arctic dem geophysical pgc umn

Description

ArcticDEM is a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and National Science Foundation (NSF) public-private initiative to automatically produce a high-resolution, high-quality digital surface model (DSM) of the Arctic using optical stereo imagery, high-performance computing, and open source photogrammetry software. It includes vegetation, tree canopy, buildings, and other man-made surface features. The 2m asset is a collection of strips rather than a single mosaic due to projection differences between strips.

Strip DEM files correspond to the overlapping area of the input stereopair image swaths as they are collected by DigitalGlobe's constellation of polar-orbiting satellites. Strip DEM dimensions will vary according to the satellite sensor that acquired the images and the off-nadir angle of collection. Most strips are between 16km and 18km in width, and 110km and 120km in length.

Bands

Resolution
2 meters

Bands

Name Units Description
elevation m

Elevation
matchtag

Bitmask raster indicating DEM pixels processing

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

National Science Foundation (PGC's primary funding source) policy requires researchers to acknowledge NSF support in all publications, web pages, and media interviews.

By using PGC data in Earth Engine, users agree to cite PGC and its sponsorship by the NSF. The original source of any third-party data supplied by PGC must also be properly attributed.

For more information see the PGC's Acknowledgement Policy.

Citations

Citations:

  • DEM(s) created by the Polar Geospatial Center from DigitalGlobe, Inc. imagery. Porter, Claire; Morin, Paul; Howat, Ian; Noh, Myoung-Jon; Bates, Brian; Peterman, Kenneth; Keesey, Scott; Schlenk, Matthew; Gardiner, Judith; Tomko, Karen; Willis, Michael; Kelleher, Cole; Cloutier, Michael; Husby, Eric; Foga, Steven; Nakamura, Hitomi; Platson, Melisa; Wethington, Michael, Jr.; Williamson, Cathleen; Bauer, Gregory; Enos, Jeremy; Arnold, Galen; Kramer, William; Becker, Peter; Doshi, Abhijit; D'Souza, Cristelle; Cummens, Pat; Laurier, Fabien; Bojesen, Mikkel, 2018, ArcticDEM, Harvard Dataverse, V1, [Date Accessed].

DOIs

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('UMN/PGC/ArcticDEM/V3/2m');
var elevation = dataset.select('elevation');
var elevationVis = {
  min: -50.0,
  max: 1000.0,
  palette: ['0d13d8', '60e1ff', 'ffffff'],
};
Map.setCenter(-63.402, 66.368, 7);
Map.addLayer(elevation, elevationVis, 'Elevation');
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ArcticDEM is a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and National Science Foundation (NSF) public-private initiative to automatically produce a high-resolution, high-quality digital surface model (DSM) of the Arctic using optical stereo imagery, high-performance computing, and open source photogrammetry software. It includes vegetation, tree canopy, buildings, and other man-made surface features. The …
UMN/PGC/ArcticDEM/V3/2m, arctic,dem,geophysical,pgc,umn
2009-08-16T00:00:00Z/2017-03-12T00:00:00Z
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