organisation |
SCEOS
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user_name |
Owen Turpin
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user_organisation |
Department of Geography
Sheffield Centre for Earth Observation Science
University of Sheffield
Winter Street
SHEFFIELD
S10 2TN
UK
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date |
21st September 1997
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data_set_name |
Tjaktjajaure DEM
|
data_date |
Unknown
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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)
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raster_vector |
RASTER
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filename |
Arc/Info directory:
/tjakdem
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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
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operating_system |
UNIX SunOS 5.5.1
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format |
Arc/Info GRID
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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
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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)
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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
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