Accuracy assessment of interferometric digital elevation models derived from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission X- and C-band data in a test area with rolling topography and moderate forest cover

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Kocak, G ^a   Buyuksalih, G ^a   Oruc, M ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Geometric accuracy; Interferometric DEMs; Reference DEM; Root mean square error; Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM); SRTM X and C band data

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SPACE SHUTTLES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEMS); GEOMETRIC ACCURACY; INTERFEROMETRIC DEMS; REFERENCE DEM; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION (SRTM);

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 24744472241     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1870000     Document Type: Article

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