Title :
The TerraSAR-X Orthorectification Service and Its Benefit for Land Use Applications
Author :
Huber, Martin ; Wessel, Birgit ; Roth, Achim
Author_Institution :
German Remote Sensing Data Center, German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen
fDate :
July 31 2006-Aug. 4 2006
Abstract :
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) currently develops the TerraSAR-X Payload Ground Segment. On request level lb products will be distributed to the user. Two of the four basic products available are generated by the geocoding system. This system supports ellipsoid and terrain correction in order to provide orthorectified images. A new product called Enhanced Ellipsoid Corrected (EEC) will be offered that considers Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) of a moderately coarser resolution than the resolution of the TerraSAR-X modes. SRTM/X-band DEMs with approximately 25 m resolution will be the backbone for this operational and fully automated service. For high precision terrain correction first results of an experimental processor are presented using a high resolution DEM, tie- pointing and image adjustment.
Keywords :
digital elevation models; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; Digital Elevation Models; Enhanced Ellipsoid Corrected; German Aerospace Center; SRTM/X-band DEMs; TerraSAR-X Orthorectification Service; TerraSAR-X Payload Ground Segment; automated service; automatic tie-pointing; geocoding system; land use applications; orthorectified images; synthetic aperture radar; Digital elevation models; Ellipsoids; Ground support; Image resolution; Image segmentation; Payloads; Pixel; Remote sensing; Satellites; Spine;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006. IGARSS 2006. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9510-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2006.497
