TanDEM-X: The new global DEM takes shape

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 8-23

  Zink, Manfred ^a   Bachmann, Markus ^a   Bräutigam, Benjamin ^a   Fritz, Thomas ^a   Hajnsek, Irena ^a   Krieger, Gerhard ^b   Moreira, Alberto ^a   Wessel, Birgit ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Microwaves and Radar Institute ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITES; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

ALONG TRACK INTERFEROMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MISSION OBJECTIVES; RELATIVE HEIGHT ACCURACIES; SAR INTERFEROMETERS; TEMPORAL DECORRELATION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84989962859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21686831     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MGRS.2014.2318895     Document Type: Article

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