TanDEM-X: A radar interferometer with two formation-flying satellites

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-98

  Krieger, Gerhard ^a   Zink, Manfred ^a   Bachmann, Markus ^a   Bräutigam, Benjamin ^a   Schulze, Daniel ^a   Martone, Michele ^a   Rizzoli, Paola ^a   Steinbrecher, Ulrich ^a   Walter Antony, John ^a   De Zan, Francesco ^a   Hajnsek, Irena ^a   Papathanassiou, Kostas ^a   Kugler, Florian ^a   Rodriguez Cassola, Marc ^a   Younis, Marwan ^a   Baumgartner, Stefan ^a   López Dekker, Paco ^a   Prats, Pau ^a   Moreira, Alberto ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Earth observation; Formation flying; Interferometry; Remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; FORMATION FLYING; FORMATION-FLYING SATELLITES; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; RELATIVE HEIGHT ACCURACIES; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; REPEAT-PASS INTERFEROMETRY;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SURVEYING;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84877021579     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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