I asked the technical POC for the ASTER Data Product if a master list of ASTER DEM files/tiles
was available for use in cross-checking the success of bulk-download requests.
this list
I copied my JPL contact, Bob Crippen, on this message, and he responded with a copy of just such
a list of ASTER GDEM2 data files. Although we are using the GDEM1 version of ASTER DEM, I am
assuming that since Bob knows this, the GDEM2 list also applies to GDEM1 data.

This is good news, as it makes it much easier to programmatically determine whether
I have downloaded the complete coverage for > 60 Lat worldwide.

Other useful news from the tech POC at JPL: He confirms that the Japanese ASTER portal
and the NASA WIST site distribute the SAME version of the ASTER GDEM data set.

I have uploaded the ASTER list onto the Wiki page:

https://redmine.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas/projects/environment-and-orga/wiki/Terrain

--Rick