Status of TanDEM-X DEM Acquisition, Calibration and Performance
Conference: EUSAR 2014 - 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/03/2014 - 06/05/2014 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2014
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Schulze, Daniel; Bachmann, Markus; Braeutigam, Benjamin; Borla-Tridon, Daniela; Rizzoli, Paola; Martone, Michele; Zink, Manfred; Krieger, Gerhard (Microwaves and Radar Institute, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)
Abstract:
TanDEM-X is a SAR mission with the goal to acquire a global digital elevation model of the Earth with an up to now unprecedented accuracy. This paper gives an overview on the actual status of the TanDEM-X mission in terms of acquisition, interferometric calibration and interferometric performance. The TanDEM-X acquisitions of the 1st and 2nd global coverage are completed. Currently the additional acquisition of difficult terrain like mountains and deserts are ongoing. The processing of the first & second global coverage acquisitions shows very promising results.