Title :
The TanDEM-X mission: Overview and interferometric performance
Author :
Huber, Sigurd ; Krieger, Gerhard
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech. und Radarsysteme, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Wessling, Germany
fDate :
Sept. 30 2009-Oct. 2 2009
Abstract :
TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) is an innovative spaceborne X-band earth observation mission that will be launched in October 2009. This paper gives an overview of the TanDEM-X mission concept, summarizes the basic products and illustrates the achievable performance. In more detail the effect of quantization on the interferometric performance is discussed. Finally new imaging techniques are outlined.
Keywords :
radar interferometry; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; TanDEM-X mission; TerraSAR-X add-on; digital elevation measurement; innovative spaceborne X-band earth observation mission; interferometric performance; Data acquisition; Decorrelation; Earth; Frequency synchronization; Global Positioning System; Instruments; Interferometry; Phased arrays; Satellite broadcasting; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2009. EuRAD 2009. European
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4747-3
