The TanDEM-X mission: an overview

Author

Fiedler, Hauke ; Krieger, Gerhard ; Zink, Manfred ; Younis, Marwan ; Bachmann, Markus ; Huber, Sigurd ; Hajnsek, Irena ; Moreira, Alberto

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radio Freq. & Radar Syst., DLR-Oberpfaffenhofen, Wessling

fYear

2008

fDate

2-5 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

64

Abstract

TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X Add-on for Digital Elevation Measurements) is an innovative spaceborne radar interferometer mission that was approved for full implementation by the German Space Agency in spring 2006. This paper gives an overview of the TanDEM-X mission concept, the data acquisition strategy with optimized performance, and provides some examples for new imaging techniques and applications.

Keywords

data acquisition; digital elevation models; radar imaging; radar interferometry; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; SAR image; TanDEM-X mission; TerraSAR-X add-on-for-digital elevation measurement; data acquisition strategy; innovative spaceborne radar interferometer mission; performance optimization; Data acquisition; Frequency synchronization; Global Positioning System; Instruments; Interferometry; Oscillators; Phased arrays; Radio frequency; Satellite broadcasting; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar, 2008 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Adelaide, SA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2321-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2322-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2008.4653892

Filename

4653892