MERIT DEM: A new high-accuracy global digital elevation model and its merit to global hydrodynamic modeling

Dai Yamazaki, University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science, Tokyo, Japan, Daiki Ikeshima, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, Jeffrey C Neal, University of Bristol, School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom, Fiachra O'Loughlin, University College Dublin, School of Civil Engineering, Dublin, Ireland, Christopher Charles Sampson, SSBN Ltd, Bristol, United Kingdom, Shinjiro Kanae, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo, Japan and Paul D Bates, University of Bristol, School Of Geographical Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom