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

Published by NASA NSIDC DAAC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Catalog Last Checked: June 25, 2026 at 01:33 PM | Dataset Last Updated: June 23, 2026
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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