Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2008.4653892
