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The TanDEM-X mission: overview and interferometric performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2010

Sigurd Huber ,
Marwan Younis  and
Gerhard Krieger
Sigurd Huber*
Affiliation:
Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik und Radarsysteme, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Münchner Straße 20, D-82234 Weßling, Germany. Phone: 08153-28-3343; Fax: 08153-28-1135.
Marwan Younis
Affiliation:
Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik und Radarsysteme, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Münchner Straße 20, D-82234 Weßling, Germany. Phone: 08153-28-3343; Fax: 08153-28-1135.
Gerhard Krieger
Affiliation:
Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik und Radarsysteme, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Münchner Straße 20, D-82234 Weßling, Germany. Phone: 08153-28-3343; Fax: 08153-28-1135.
*
Corresponding author: S. Huber Email: sigurd.huber@dlr.de
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Abstract

TanDEM-X (TDX; TerraSAR-X add-on for digital elevation measurement) is an innovative spaceborne X-band earth observation mission that will be launched in June 2010. This paper gives an overview of the TDX 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

TanDEM-XDigital elevation modelPerformanceInterferogram fusionQuantization

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International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 2 , Special Issue 3-4: European Microwave Week 2009 , August 2010 , pp. 379 - 389
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2010

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