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AGU: Reviews of Geophysics

 

Keywords

  • topography
  • radar
  • interferometry

Index Terms

  • Radio Science: Interferometry
  • Hydrology: Geomorphology: general
  • General or Miscellaneous: Instruments useful in three or more fields
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Abstract

The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

Tom G. Farr

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Paul A. Rosen

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Edward Caro

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Robert Crippen

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Riley Duren

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Scott Hensley

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Michael Kobrick

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Mimi Paller

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Ernesto Rodriguez

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Ladislav Roth

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

David Seal

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Scott Shaffer

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Joanne Shimada

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Jeffrey Umland

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Marian Werner

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Wessling, Germany

Michael Oskin

Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Douglas Burbank

Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Douglas Alsdorf

School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission produced the most complete, highest-resolution digital elevation model of the Earth. The project was a joint endeavor of NASA, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the German and Italian Space Agencies and flew in February 2000. It used dual radar antennas to acquire interferometric radar data, processed to digital topographic data at 1 arc sec resolution. Details of the development, flight operations, data processing, and products are provided for users of this revolutionary data set.

Received 13 September 2005; accepted 14 November 2006; published 19 May 2007.

Citation: Farr, T. G., et al. (2007), The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, Rev. Geophys., 45, RG2004, doi:10.1029/2005RG000183.

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