See [How to smooth a DEM?](http://gis.stackexchange.com/a/12856/19460) : ``` # gdal_translate -of AAIGrid my_dem.tif my_dem.asc # convert to .asc mdenoise -i my_dem.asc -n 5 -t 0.99 -o my_dem_DN.asc # denoise # gdal_translate -of GTiff my_dem_DN.asc my_dem_DN.tif # convert back to .tif ```