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Antarctic 5-km Digital Elevation Model from ERS-1 Altimetry, Version 1

Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

This data set provides a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for Antarctica to 81.5 degrees south latitude, at a resolution of 5 km. Approximately twenty million data points were used to generate this data set. Data points were derived from ERS-1 radar altimetry during the geodetic phase from March 1994 to May 1995.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
Maintainer
Identifier C1386207013-NSIDCV0
Data First Published 1994-03-01
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 1995-05-31
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Citation Antarctic 5-km Digital Elevation Model from ERS-1 Altimetry, Version 1. Version 1. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/BZVCEDZWUTCH.
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Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/BZVCEDZWUTCH
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -180.0 -81.0 180.0 -65.0
Program Code 026:001
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 025525e1c680e2c9738e6b8590acc4dca89af6e1c5c6c17a8bf0ce80d8a63349
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 1994-03-01T00:00:00Z/1995-05-31T23:59:59.999Z

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