Title :
TanDEM-X mission - Interferometric performance and global DEM acquisition status
Author :
Weigt, Mathias ; Rizzoli, Paola ; Bachmann, Markus ; Brautigam, Benjamin ; Schulze, Daniel
Author_Institution :
Microwave and Radar Institute, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Abstract :
The TanDEM-X mission, which is the first spaceborne SAR interferometer, flying in close formation, consists of two satellites. In the so called helix formation the system acquires bistatic SAR images for the generation of a global Digital Elevation Model (DEM). This paper describes the current status of the DEM acquisition and key parameters of the interferometric performance.
Keywords :
Bistatic; Digital Elevation Model; Global DEM; SAR Interferometry; TanDEM-X;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Systems (Radar 2012), IET International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Glasgow, UK
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-676
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2012.1626
