First 2 years of TanDEM-X mission: Interferometric performance overview

Radio Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 617-627

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

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

bistatic SAR; digital elevation model (DEM); interferometry; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); TanDEM X

Indexed keywords

BISTATIC SAR; COMMISSIONING PHASE; DIGITAL ELEVATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MISSION OPERATIONS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RELATIVE HEIGHT ERRORS; TANDEM-X;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; SATELLITES; SURVEYING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 84888003411     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: 1944799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2012RS005095     Document Type: Article

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