Development of the TanDEM-X calibration concept: Analysis of systematic errors

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 716-726

  Hueso Gonzalez, Jaime ^a   Bachmann, Markus ^a   Krieger, Gerhard ^a   Fiedler, Hauke ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baseline; Digital elevation model (DEM) calibration; Interferometry; Phase errors; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); TanDEM X

Indexed keywords

BASELINE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM) CALIBRATION; PHASE ERROR; PHASE ERRORS; TANDEM-X;

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; INTERFEROMETERS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE APPLICATIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

SURVEYING;

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; PRECISION; RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; SIR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 76349087586     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2034980     Document Type: Article

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