Maximum-likelihood estimation for multi-aspect multi-baseline SAR interferometry of urban areas

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-77

  Schmitt, Michael ^a   Stilla, Uwe ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne; Maximum likelihood estimation; Multi aspect; Multi baseline; SAR interferometry (InSAR); Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRBORNE; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; MULTI-ASPECT; MULTI-BASELINE; PROCESSING STRATEGIES; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; SAR INTERFEROMETRY;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BASELINE CONDITIONS; LIDAR; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84888421923     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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