Reliable estimation of orbit errors in spaceborne SAR interferometry: The network approach

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1147-1164

  Bähr, Hermann ^a   Hanssen, Ramon F ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baseline error; Data snooping; InSAR; Network adjustment; Orbit error; Outlier test

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVISAT-1; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84869127678     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-012-0571-6     Document Type: Article

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