Non-nominal Experimental Bistatic SAR Acquisitions with TanDEM-X
Rodriguez-Cassola M, Prats P, Schulze D, Steinbrecher U, Tous-Ramon N, Younis M, López-Dekker P, Zink M, Reigber A, Moreira A, Krieger G (2012)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2012
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Edited Volumes: Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR
Book Volume: 2012-April
Pages Range: 1-4
Conference Proceedings Title: European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR)
ISBN: 9783800734047
URI: https://elib.dlr.de/75491/
Abstract
TanDEM-X is a high-resolution interferometric mission with the main goal of providing a global and unprecedentedly accurate digital elevation model (DEM) of the Earth surface by means of single-pass X-band SAR interferometry. Despite its usual quasi-monostatic configuration, TanDEM-X is the first genuinely bistatic SAR system in space. During its monostatic commissioning phase, the system has been mainly operated in pursuit monostatic mode. However, some pioneering bistatic SAR experiments with both satellites commanded in non-nominal modes have been conducted with themain purpose of testing the performance of both space and ground segments in very demanding scenarios. In particular, this paper reports about the first bistatic acquisition and the first single-pass interferometric (mono/bistatic) acquisition with TanDEM-X, addressing their innovative aspects and focussing on the analysis of the experimental results. Even in the absence of essential synchronisation and calibration information, bistatic images and interferograms with similar quality to pursuit monostatic have been obtained.
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Rodriguez-Cassola, M., Prats, P., Schulze, D., Steinbrecher, U., Tous-Ramon, N., Younis, M.,... Krieger, G. (2012). Non-nominal Experimental Bistatic SAR Acquisitions with TanDEM-X. In European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR) (pp. 1-4). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
MLA:
Rodriguez-Cassola, Marc, et al. "Non-nominal Experimental Bistatic SAR Acquisitions with TanDEM-X." Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2012. 1-4.
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