MERIT DEM: Multi-Error-Removed Improved-Terrain DEM (University of Tokyo)

Data provided by:The University of Tokyo
Data accessibility:export data
Link to the data:
Requirements:Registration to get access to MERIT DEM
File type:GeoTIFF, hdr, hdr, hdr
Data type:elevation, hazard specific data
Hazard:Flood
Disaster cycle phase:Disaster Risk Management, Response, Recovery
Space-based Information:The MERIT DEM was developed by removing multiple error components (absolute bias, stripe noise, speckle noise, and tree height bias) from the existing spaceborne DEMs (SRTM3 v2.1 and AW3D-30m v1). It represents the terrain elevations at a 3sec resolution (~90m at the equator), and covers land areas between 90N-60S, referenced to EGM96 geoid.
Spatial coverage:Global
Spatial resolution:90m
Temporal coverage:Near-real time
Costs:free
Contact:Contact the Institute of Industrial Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Restrictions/ Citation of the dataset:

Yamazaki D., D. Ikeshima, R. Tawatari, T. Yamaguchi, F. O'Loughlin, J.C. Neal, C.C. Sampson, S. Kanae & P.D. Bates
A high accuracy map of global terrain elevations
Geophysical Research Letters, vol.44, pp.5844-5853, 2017 doi: 10.1002/2017GL072874