Accuracy assessment of the ASTER GDEM and SRTM3 DEM: an example in the Loess Plateau and North China Plain of China

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Shangmin Zhaoabc, Weiming Chengb, Chenghu Zhouab*, Xi Chena, Shifang Zhangd, Zengpo Zhoub, Haijiang Liue & Huixia Chaia a Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography Chinese Academy of Sciences , Urumchi , Xinjiang , 830011 , China b State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System , Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research , CAS , Beijing , 100101 , China c Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100049 , China d College of Global Change and Earth System, Beijing Normal University , Beijing , 100875 , China e China National Environmental Monitoring Center , Beijing , 100012 , China