---
license: cc
tags:
- biology
- earth
- polar
- geospatial
- tiff
- image
- climate
pretty_name: arcticDEM
---

# ArcticDEM 32 m Mosaic

## Dataset Summary
A publicly-accessible digital elevation mosaic covering the Arctic region, derived from the Polar Geospatial Center’s ArcticDEM project, at 32 m horizontal resolution.

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## 📘 Dataset Description

- **Source**  
  Provided by the University of Minnesota’s Polar Geospatial Center (PGC), part of the ArcticDEM initiative funded by NSF & NGA ([website](https://www.pgc.umn.edu/data/arcticdem/)).

- **Spatial Coverage**  
  Pan-Arctic: regions north of ~60° N (Greenland, Canada, Russia, Alaska, etc.).

- **Resolution**  
  Mosaic tiles at 32 m pixel spacing derived from 2 m strip data.

- **Temporal Context**  
  Mosaics built from multi-date strip DEMs, assembled via median-stacking; the 32 m product is a static mosaic without temporal layers.

- **File Format & Projection**  
  - Format: 32-bit GeoTIFFs  
  - Projection: NSIDC Polar Stereographic North (EPSG:3413)  
  - Vertical datum: WGS84 ellipsoid

- **Data and Quality Bands**  
  - Elevation band  
  - Optional quality masks (source count, med-abs-dev)  
  - Voids flagged with NoData (–9999)
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## 🔧 Supported Tasks

- Regional elevation modeling  
- Terrain analysis (gradient, aspect, watershed)  
- Large-scale environmental and geospatial modeling  
- Baseline surface for Arctic research & visualization  

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## Get Started

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset('cgeorgiaw/arcticDEM')
```