Evaluation of the RPC model as a replacement for the spaceborne InSAR phase equation

Photogrammetric Record

Volumn 26, Issue 135, 2011, Pages 325-338

  Zhang, Guo ^a   Fei, Wen bo ^a   Li, Zhen ^a   Liu, Zeyu ^a   Li, Deren ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interferometric phase equation; Rational polynomial coefficients; Synthetic aperture radar interferometry

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; INTERFEROMETRIC PHASE; MODELLING ERROR; PHASE EQUATION; RATIONAL POLYNOMIAL COEFFICIENTS; SAR INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGES; SENSOR MODEL; SPACE-BORNE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; TERRAIN ELEVATION;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; SENSORS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DATA SET; INTERFEROMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 80052818262     PISSN: 0031868X     EISSN: 14779730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9730.2011.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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