Relative height error analysis of TanDEM-X elevation data

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 73, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-38

  Rizzoli, Paola ^a   Bräutigam, Benjamin ^a   Kraus, Thomas ^a   Martone, Michele ^a   Krieger, Gerhard ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Relative height error; SAR interferometry; TanDEM X

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL AREA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERFEROMETRIC DATA; LAND-MASSES; MISSION PERFORMANCE; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RELATIVE HEIGHTS; SAR INTERFEROMETRY; SINGLE-PASS SAR INTERFEROMETRY; TANDEM-X; VERTICAL ACCURACY; VOLUME DECORRELATION;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

SURVEYING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; INTERFEROMETRY; MOUNTAIN REGION; SATELLITE MISSION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TANDEM-X; TERRAIN;

EID: 84867853057     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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