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Copernicus DEM GLO-90

Copernicus Digital Elevation Model. 90 m global digital surface model.

The 3 arc-second version of the Copernicus DEM. Unlike GLO-30 it includes every land tile, and at a ninth of the volume it is the practical choice for continental and global basin studies.

Source
Airbus Defence and Space, Copernicus Programme (European Union), European Space Agency
Resolution
90 m (3 arc-second)
Data type
Raster
Time span
2011–2015
Temporal
Static
Access type
Direct download (external) · Open tiles on AWS, no login
Formats
Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF
Coverage
Global land (-180, -90, 180, 90)
Licence
Copernicus DEM licence (free use, attribution required)
DOI
10.5270/ESA-c5d3d65
Provider page
dataspace.copernicus.eu/explore-data/data-collections/coper…

Cite as. European Space Agency and Airbus (2022). Copernicus DEM. https://doi.org/10.5270/ESA-c5d3d65

Access

tilesGLO-90 tiles on AWS Open Data (no login)

1° × 1° tiles named by their south-west corner. Only tiles that exist are listed.

stacSTAC search on Earth Search (Element 84)

STAC API at https://earth-search.aws.element84.com/v1, collection cop-dem-glo-90.

apiClipped GeoTIFF from the OpenTopography Global DEM API (free API key)

https://portal.opentopography.org/API/globaldem?demtype=COP90&south={south}&north={north}&west={west}&east={east}&outputFormat=GTiff&API_Key=YOUR_KEY

curl -fsSL "https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/copernicus-dem-glo90/links.txt?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5" \
  | xargs -n 1 curl -fLO

Also available as JSON: links · manifest · dataset record