Copernicus DEM GLO-30: Global 30m Digital Elevation Model

COPERNICUS/DEM/GLO30
Dataset Availability
2010-12-01T00:00:00Z–2015-01-31T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("COPERNICUS/DEM/GLO30")
Tags
copernicus dem elevation geophysical

Description

The Copernicus DEM is a Digital Surface Model (DSM) which represents the surface of the Earth including buildings, infrastructure and vegetation. This DEM is derived from an edited DSM named WorldDEM&trade, i.e. flattening of water bodies and consistent flow of rivers has been included. Editing of shore- and coastlines, special features such as airports and implausible terrain structures has also been applied.

The WorldDEM product is based on the radar satellite data acquired during the TanDEM-X Mission, which is funded by a Public Private Partnership between the German State, represented by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and Airbus Defence and Space. More details are available in the dataset documentation.

Earth Engine asset has been ingested from the DGED files.

Bands

Resolution
30 meters

Bands

Name Min Max Description
DEM

Digital Surface Model

EDM 0 13

The Edit Data Mask indicates all DEM pixels that were modified during the terrain and hydro editing process.

FLM 0 101

The Filling Mask is created primarily during the terrain editing process.

HEM

The Height Error Mask represents the corresponding height error for each DEM pixel in the form of the standard deviation derived from the interferometric coherence and geometrical considerations.

WBM 0 3

The Water Body Mask shows all DEM pixels which are classified as water and edited according to the categories Ocean, Lake or River.

EDM Class Table

Value Color Description
0 Void (no data)
1 Not edited
2 Infill of external elevation data
3 Interpolated pixels
4 Smoothed pixels
5 Airport editing
6 Raised negative elevation pixels
7 Flattened pixels
8 Ocean pixels
9 Lake pixels
10 River pixels
11 Shoreline pixels
12 Morphed pixels (series of pixels manually set)
13 Shifted pixels

FLM Class Table

Value Color Description
0 Void (no data)
1 Edited (except filled pixels)
2 Not edited / not filled
3 ASTER
4 SRTM90
5 SRTM30
6 GMTED2010
7 SRTM30plus
8 TerraSAR-X Radargrammetric DEM
9 AW3D30
100 Norway DEM
101 DSM05 Spain

WBM Class Table

Value Color Description
0 No water
1 Ocean
2 Lake
3 River

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

The GLO-30 dataset is available worldwide with a free license with the exception of two countries (Armenia and Azerbaijan). License for Copernicus DEM.

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('COPERNICUS/DEM/GLO30');
var elevation = dataset.select('DEM');
var elevationVis = {
  min: 0.0,
  max: 1000.0,
  palette: ['0000ff','00ffff','ffff00','ff0000','ffffff'],
};
Map.setCenter(-6.746, 46.529, 4);
Map.addLayer(elevation, elevationVis, 'DEM');
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