Operational TanDEM-X DEM calibration and first validation results

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 73, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-49

  Gruber, Astrid ^a   Wessel, Birgit ^a   Huber, Martin ^a   Roth, Achim ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Block adjustment; Calibration; DEM; InSAR; TanDEM X

Indexed keywords

BASELINE DETERMINATION; BLOCK ADJUSTMENT; CONNECTING POINTS; DEM; DEM CALIBRATIONS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; GROUND SEGMENTS; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; INSAR; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONS; INTERFEROMETRIC DEMS; INTERFEROMETRIC HEIGHT; LEAST SQUARE; REFERENCE DATA; RELATIVE ACCURACY; RELATIVE HEIGHTS; SINGLE-PASS SAR INTERFEROMETRY; TANDEM-X; TERRASAR-X; TEST SITE; VALIDATION RESULTS;

CALIBRATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; INTERFEROMETRY; ROCK MECHANICS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

SURVEYING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; GROUND CONTROL; ICESAT; INTERFEROMETER; MODEL VALIDATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TANDEM-X; TERRASAR-X;

GERMANY;

EID: 84867883613     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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