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ABoVE Extension of the ArcticDEM

Elizabeth E Hoy, NASA GSFC / Global Science and Technology, Inc., elizabeth.hoy@nasa.gov (Presenter)
Julien Peters, NASA GSFC / Patuxent Technology Partners, julien.b.peters@nasa.gov
Bruce Van Aartsen, NASA GSFC, bruce.vanaartsen@nasa.gov
Peter Griffith, NASA GSFC / SSAI, peter.c.griffith@nasa.gov
Claire Porter, Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota, porte254@umn.edu
Paul Morin, University of Minnesota - Polar Geospatial Center, lpaul@umn.edu
Daniel Duffy, NASA GSFC, daniel.q.duffy@nasa.gov

The ArcticDEM is a digital surface model (DSM) of the Arctic being created through a partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The project will culminate in the production of high-resolution optical stereo imagery DSMs for all land area north of 60°N. However, as the ABoVE domain extends south of 60°N, ABoVE is working in partnership with the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) to extend the development of DSMs into the ABoVE domain south of 60°N using the same open-source software and high-performance computing techniques the ArcticDEM creators are developing. Using processing available through NASA’s Discover supercomputer, and petabytes of DigitalGlobe imagery including the panchromatic bands of the WorldView-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3, and GeoEye-1 satellites, ABoVE is extending DSMs into regions of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Completed DSM strips are currently available in the ABoVE Science Cloud, and plans are underway to share these strips with the broader community.

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Poster Location ID: 47

Session Assigned: Crosscutting

 


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