organisation SCEOS
user_name Owen Turpin
user_organisation Department of Geography
Sheffield Centre for Earth Observation Science
University of Sheffield
Winter Street
SHEFFIELD
S10 2TN
UK
date 21st September 1997
data_set_name Tjaktjajaure DEM
data_date Unknown
description Digital elevation model of Tjaktjajaure, North Sweden (BASSW)
50 m spatial resolution
0.1 m vertical resolution (although standard error is 2.5 m)
Maximum elevation: 2057.9 m (catchment sub-area: 2044m)
Minimum elevation: 282.7 m (catchment sub-area: 450m)
Mean elevation: 760.1 m (catchment sub-area: 933)
raster_vector RASTER
filename Arc/Info directory:
/tjakdem
software Original software unknown.
Data supplied from SMHI as Arc/Info .ASC table, converted
to Arc/Info GRID using ASCIIGRID command (Version 7.0.4).
formats ASCII text file.
PCI EASI/PACE .PIX format
ERDAS IMAGINE .IMG format
operating_system UNIX SunOS 5.5.1
format Arc/Info GRID
projection Coordinate system:
Projection: Transverse
Units: Metres
Major axis: 6377397.0
Minor axis: 6356079.0
Scale factor at central meridian: 1.0
Longitude at central meridian: 15deg 48' 29.8"
Latitude of origin: 0deg 0' 0.0"
False easting : 1 500 000.0 m
False northing: 0.0 m

RT90 map projection
data_quality NO
resolution 50 m pixel resolution
attributes N/A
methods All measurements are based on photogrammetric methods. The creation started in 1970 and ended in 1990.
other DEM created by the Swedish National Land Survey (Lantmaeteriverket).
DEM does not contain breaklines.
Hydrological integrity has not been checked. Lakes are
known to be flat. (Database has been used to create water
divides automatically and seems to work well - Barbro
Johansson)
copyright Use restricted to SMHI and SCEOS personnel
contact Bernth Samuelsson,
Research and Development Department,
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
S-601 76 Norrkoeping
SWEDEN
tel: 0046 11 15 xx xx
fax: 0046 11 17 02 07