| Provider | The University of Tokyo (Yamazaki et al.) |
| Spatial Coverage | Global |
| Spatial Resolution | 3 arc-sec (~90 m) |
| Temporal Coverage | Static |
| Period | published 2017; updates 2019+ |
| Key variables | Bare-earth elevation (error-minimized) |
| Access URL | http://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~yamadai/MERIT_DEM/ |
| License/Terms | Open (academic) |
| Reliability | High |
| API_Endpoint_or_Dataset_ID | HTTP; Zenodo mirrors |
| DOI | 10.1002/2017GL072874 |
| EarthEngine_ID | MERIT/DEM/v1_0_3 |