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Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE) Digital Elevation Model
Provider 
National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Geography 
Global
Coverage type 
Global
Time period covered 
01/1940 - 12/1999
Data type
Environmental monitoring
Summary 

This dataset is a global digital elevation model (DEM). It has a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arc seconds, or about one kilometer. Data from several topographic sources were compiled to create the GLOBE database, including Digital Terrain Elevation Data, Digital Chart of the World, Australian DEM, Antarctic Digital Database, Brazil, Peru, and AMS 1:1,000,000-scale maps, and DEM for Greenland, Japan, Italy, and New Zealand.

GHDx Entry last modified on: May 18, 2020