Urban DEM generation, analysis and enhancements using TanDEM-X

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-131

  Rossi, Cristian ^a   Gernhardt, Stefan ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DEM fusion; InSAR processing; PSI DEM; TanDEM X; Urban DEM

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INSAR PROCESSING; MAPPING OF URBAN AREAS; PERSISTENT SCATTERER INTERFEROMETRY (PSI); PSI-DEM; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; TANDEM-X; URBAN DEM;

INTERFEROMETRY;

ALGORITHM; CORRELATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; FILTER; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERFEROMETRY; MAPPING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

EID: 84884573049     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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