Precise orbit and baseline determination for TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-124

  Moon, Y ^a   Koenig, R ^a   Michalak, G ^a   Rothacher, M ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Precise base line determination; Precise orbit determination; TanDEM X; TerraSAR X

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549093231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778942     Document Type: Conference Paper

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