Important Note: This item is in mature support as of July 2024 and will retire in December 2025. A new version of this item is available for your use. Esri recommends updating your maps and apps to use the new version.ArcticDEM is a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and National Science Foundation (NSF) public-private initiative to automatically produce a high-resolution, high-quality Digital Surface Model (DSM) of the Arctic using optical stereo imagery. This Arctic DEM layer consists of a collection of elevation data compiled from DigitalGlobe satellite imagery.Geographic ExtentAll land area north of 60° north latitude, including all territory of Greenland, the entire state of Alaska, and the Kamchatka Peninsula of the Russian Federation.Map ProjectionThis layer is projected to WGS 1984 EPSG Alaska Polar Stereographic.The source data is projected to WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North.NOTE: By default, opening this layer in the Map Viewer will project the layer to Web Mercator. To display in the Alaska Polar projection, use Arctic DEM Web Map.Spatial Resolution2-meterAccuracyWithout ground control points absolute accuracy is approximately 4 meters in horizontal and vertical planes. Uniform ground control must be applied to achieve higher accuracy. Laser altimetry data from the NASA IceSAT spacecraft has been applied to the ArcticDEM mosaic files. Users may wish to use other sources for smaller areas, particularly on ArcticDEM strip files. Strip DEM files contain IceSAT altimetry offsets within the metadata, but have not had these values applied.The accuracy of these layers will vary as a function of location and data source. Please refer to the metadata available in the layers, and follow the links to the original sources for further details. An estimate of CE90 and LE90 are included as attributes.Height ValuesHeight values provided in meters (32-bit float)This layer provides height values as Orthometric height above the EGM2008 geoid.The ArcticDEM product is a Digital Surface Model (DSM) which includes above ground features such as man-made structures and vegetation.Data Dimensions and CompositionDEM Tiles are compiled from multiple strips that have been co-registered, blended, and feathered to reduce edge-matching artifacts. Tile sizes are standardized at 50 km x 50 km.Individual DEM strips are compiled from DigitalGlobe images. DEM strip dimensions will vary according to the sensor, off-nadir angle of collection, and the corresponding stereo-pair overlap. Most strips are between 16 km and 18 km in width, and 110 km and 120 km in length. Using this layerThe default view for this layer is the raw DEM data, returned as 32-bit floating point height values. This is ideal for computational analysis but limited in terms of visual context and analysis. This layer can be temporally filtered by acquisition date. This layer allows query, identify, and export image requests. The layer is restricted to a 4000 x 4000 pixel limit in a single request.For additional visual context and analysis, below is the full list of derivative layers available as Raster Functions. These can be accessed from within the service or as individual AGOL items: Hillshade Gray, Aspect Degrees, Aspect Map, Contour 25, Hillshade Multidirectional, Slope Map, Slope Degrees, Contour Smoothed 25, Hillshade Elevation Tinted, Height Ellipsoidal Additional Data SpecificationsThe data has not been edited to remove processing anomalies. Pits, spikes, false landforms, and other DEM anomalies may exist in this dataset. Polygonal hydrographic features have not been flattened and the data has not been hydrologically enforced.Since the DEM’s are optically derived, clouds, fog, shadows, and other atmospheric obstructions can obscure the ground resulting in data gaps.Since the DEM strips have not been edge-matched, visible seams and deviations between adjacent strips may be observed.The data spans multiple years and seasons. A single season/year mosaic is not possible for large areas.Mosaic tiles are displayed by default. Strips can be selected and displayed via image filtering.For quick and easy access to this and additional elevation layers, see the Elevation Layers group in ArcGIS Online.For more information on the source data, see ArcticDEM.

This dashboard application, known as the NWS Wildfire-Situational Awareness For Emergency Response (SAFER) Dashboard, shows the 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hour rainfall totals near evolving current and post-wildfire burn scars across the United States. Its layout shows the legend of all the operational layers, the options of turning on and off the operational layers in the layer list, and the capability for an external user to add their own data. The external data can be added via AGOL online web map services or their own respective files. Note that this data will not be saved in the map extent if the window is refreshed or closed. The dashboard application also allows for a user to change the basemap and draw on the application. Lastly, a user can export the map extent for greater ease in sharing with partners and other agencies.

ArcticDEM is a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and National Science Foundation (NSF) public-private initiative to automatically produce a high-resolution, high-quality Digital Surface Model (DSM) of the Arctic using sub-meter, stereoscopic satellite imagery collected by DigitalGlobe’s satellite constellation.The Arctic DEM layer is rendered here as Contour Smoothed 25. Using the server-side contour function, this layer dynamically generates contours based on the current viewing extents.For information on the Contour function see ContourRasterFunction.Geographic ExtentAll land area north of 60° north latitude, including all territory of Greenland, the entire state of Alaska, and the Kamchatka Peninsula of the Russian Federation.Map ProjectionThis layer is projected to WGS 1984 EPSG Alaska Polar Stereographic.The source data is projected to WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North.NOTE: By default, opening this layer in the Map Viewer will project the layer to Web Mercator. To display in the Alaska Polar projection, use Arctic DEM: Contour Smoothed 25 Web Map.Spatial Resolution2-meterAccuracyWithout ground control points absolute accuracy is approximately 4 meters in horizontal and vertical planes. Uniform ground control must be applied to achieve higher accuracy. Laser altimetry data from the NASA IceSAT spacecraft has been applied to the ArcticDEM mosaic files. Users may wish to use other sources for smaller areas, particularly on ArcticDEM strip files. Strip DEM files contain IceSAT altimetry offsets within the metadata, but have not had these values applied.The accuracy of these layers will vary as a function of location and data source. Please refer to the metadata available in the layers, and follow the links to the original sources for further details. An estimate of CE90 and LE90 are included as attributes.Height ValuesHeight values provided in meters.This layer provides height values as Orthometric height above the EGM2008 geoid.This product includes above ground features such as vegetation and man-made structures. There is no “bare earth” ArcticDEM terrain product.Data Dimensions and CompositionDEM Tiles are compiled from multiple strips that have been co-registered, blended, and feathered to reduce edge-matching artifacts. Tile sizes are standardized at 50 km x 50 km.Individual DEM strips are compiled from DigitalGlobe images. DEM strip dimensions will vary according to the sensor, off-nadir angle of collection, and the corresponding stereo-pair overlap. Most strips are between 16 km and 18 km in width, and 110 km and 120 km in length. Using this layerSmooth Contour 25 provides a quick indication of valleys and hills and steepness of slopes, at a range of map scales. This layer can be added to web applications or other maps to enhance contextual understanding.This layer can be temporally filtered by acquisition date. This layer allows query, identify, and export image requests. The layer is restricted to a 4000 x 4000 pixel limit in a single request.For additional visual context and analysis, below is the full list of layers available as Raster Functions. These can be accessed from within the service or as individual AGOL items: Arctic DEM, Hillshade Gray, Aspect Degrees, Aspect Map, Contour 25, Hillshade Multidirectional, Slope Map, Slope Degrees, Contour Smoothed 25, Hillshade Elevation Tinted, Height Ellipsoidal Additional Data SpecificationsThe ArcticDEM product is a Digital Surface Model (DSM) which includes above ground features such as man-made structures and vegetation.The data has not been edited to remove processing anomalies. Pits, spikes, false landforms, and other DEM anomalies may exist in this dataset. Polygonal hydrographic features have not been flattened and the data has not been hydrologically enforced.Since the DEM’s are optically derived, clouds, fog, shadows, and other atmospheric obstructions can obscure the ground resulting in data gaps.Since the DEM strips have not been edge-matched, visible seams and deviations between adjacent strips may be observed.The data spans multiple years and seasons. A single season/year mosaic is not possible for large areas.Mosaic tiles are displayed by default. Strips can be selected and displayed via image filtering.For quick and easy access to this and additional elevation layers, see the Elevation Layers group in ArcGIS Online.For more information on the source data, see ArcticDEM.