ASTER dataset information page
Short Description
ASTER image of Machu Picchu |
Statement: Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)
Abstract: The ASTER GDEM was created by stereo-correlating the 1.3 million scene ASTER VNIR archive, covering the Earth's land surface between 83N and 83S latitudes. The GDEM is produced with 30 meter postings, and is formatted in 1 x 1 degree tiles as GeoTIFF files. Each GDEM file is accompanied by a Quality Assessment file, either giving the number of ASTER scenes used to calculate a pixel's value, or indicating the source of external DEM data used to fill the ASTER voids.
Data format
Data type: | Topography |
Data origin: | Measured |
Data format: | GeoTIFF |
Other format: | |
Data resolution: | 30m |
Datum: | WGS84 |
Data Coverage
Spatial data coverage: Global (covering the Earth's land surface between 83N to 83S)
Temporal data coverage: Time snap shot
Time period covered: Continuously updated from Terra satellite
Availability
Download data: https://wist.echo.nasa.gov/
Data source: http://www.ncalm.org