Repository details
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
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Name of repository
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
Additional name(s)
- SRTM
Repository URL
Subject(s)
Description
The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, which flew aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour during an 11-day mission in 2000, made the first near-global topographical map of Earth, collecting data on nearly 80 percent of Earth's land surfaces.
The instrument's design was essentially a modified version of the earlier Shuttle Imaging Radar instruments with a second antenna added to allow for topographic mapping using a technique similar to stereo photography.
Keyword(s)
Repository size
9 terabytes of raw data
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
Dates
Started
2000
Closed
2026-09-22
Institutions (6)
Additional name(s)
- DLR
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- JPL
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- NASA
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- NGA
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- USGS, EROS
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- USGS
- U.S. Geological Survey
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (2)
Policy name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
open
Data licenses (2)
Data license
Data license
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
- none
Name of the repository software
- unknown
Data citation guideline
Application programming interfaces (2)
Type
FTP
Url
Type
FTP
Url
Metadata standards (1)
Remarks
Remarks
The SRTM radar contained two types of antenna panels, C-band and X-band. The near-global topographic maps of Earth called Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) are made from the C-band radar data. These data were processed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and are being distributed through the United States Geological Survey's EROS Data Center (http://eros.usgs.gov/). Data from the X-band radar are used to create slightly higher resolution DEMs but without the global coverage of the C-band radar. The SRTM X-band radar data are being processed and distributed by the German Aerospace Center, DLR (http://www.dlr.de/eoc/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-5515/9214_read-17716/).
Several new web sites have posted SRTM data in different formats than available at the USGS site or the Seamless Server. Users may want to check the Global Land Cover Facility (http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/data/srtm/index.shtml) or the CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information (http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/) for SRTM data.
Entry date
2016-07-19
Last update
2026-09-22
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