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- The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) obtains
high-resolution digitial topographic database of the Earth. The
instrument will operate within the cargo bay of the space
shuttle including a mast that extends 200 ft (60 m).
SRTM uses C-band and X-band interferometric synthetic aperture
radars (IFSARs) to acquire topographic data over 80% of Earth's land
mass (between 60N and 56S).
SRTM produces digital topographic map products which meet
Interferometric Terrain Height Data (ITHD)-2 specifications (30 meter
x 30 meter spatial sampling with 16 meter absolute vertical height
accuracy, 10 meter relative vertical height accuracy and 20 meter
absolute horizontal circular accuracy). All accuracies are quoted at
the 90% level, consistent with National Mapping Accuracy Standards.
The SRTM is managed from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). For
more information see:
"http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/"
Group: Instrument_Details
Entry_ID: SRTM
Group: Instrument_Identification
Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments
Instrument_Class: Active Remote Sensing
Instrument_Type: Imaging Radars
Short_Name: SRTM
Long_Name: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
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Group: Instrument_Associated_Sensors
Short_Name: BLACKJACK
Short_Name: SIR-C
Short_Name: X-SAR
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Group: Associated_Platforms
Short_Name: OV-105
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Online_Resource: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/
Sample_Image: http://gcmd.nasa.gov/Images/Data/project_onestop/msrtm.jpg
Creation_Date: 2007-05-01
Group: Instrument_Logistics
Instrument_Start_Date: 2000-02-11
Instrument_Stop_Date: 2000-02-22
Instrument_Owner: NASA
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