Digital Terrain Model image of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (IMAGE)

Ohio Supercomputer Center

Digital Terrain Model image of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

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Two university research teams are employing satellite imagery and supercomputers to produce high-resolution images to aid the Nepali earthquake relief effort. This image is a hillshade-rendered Digital Terrain Model image of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, created by SETSM software. The Ohio Supercomputer Center is providing the computing power for these data-intensive calculations.

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Ian Howat/The Ohio State University

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