First bistatic spaceborne SAR experiments with TanDEM-X

Marc Rodriguez-Cassola; Pau Prats; Daniel Schulze; Nuria Tous-Ramon; Ulrich Steinbrecher; Luca Marotti; Matteo Nannini; Marwan Younis; Paco López-Dekker; Manfred Zink; Andreas Reigber; Gerhard Krieger; Alberto Moreira

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049326

First bistatic spaceborne SAR experiments with TanDEM-X

Marc Rodriguez-Cassola^*, Pau Prats, Daniel Schulze, Nuria Tous-Ramon, Ulrich Steinbrecher, Luca Marotti, Matteo Nannini, Marwan Younis, Paco López-Dekker, Manfred Zink, Andreas Reigber, Gerhard Krieger, Alberto Moreira

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

5 Citations (Scopus)

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 the main 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. Even in the absence of essential synchronisation and calibration information, bistatic images and interferogramswith similar quality to pursuit monostatic have been obtained.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2011 - Proceedings
Pages	1393-1396
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049326
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2011 - Vancouver, BC, Canada Duration: 24 Jul 2011 → 29 Jul 2011

Conference

Conference	2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2011
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver, BC
Period	24/07/11 → 29/07/11

Keywords

spaceborne SAR missions
TanDEM-X
time and phase synchronisation

Access to Document

10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049326

Cite this

Rodriguez-Cassola, M., Prats, P., Schulze, D., Tous-Ramon, N., Steinbrecher, U., Marotti, L., Nannini, M., Younis, M., López-Dekker, P., Zink, M., Reigber, A., Krieger, G., & Moreira, A. (2011). First bistatic spaceborne SAR experiments with TanDEM-X. In 2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2011 - Proceedings (pp. 1393-1396). Article 6049326 https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049326

@inproceedings{0cca31499e344454b163effb32ab7372,

title = "First bistatic spaceborne SAR experiments with TanDEM-X",

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 the main 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. Even in the absence of essential synchronisation and calibration information, bistatic images and interferogramswith similar quality to pursuit monostatic have been obtained.",

keywords = "spaceborne SAR missions, TanDEM-X, time and phase synchronisation",

author = "Marc Rodriguez-Cassola and Pau Prats and Daniel Schulze and Nuria Tous-Ramon and Ulrich Steinbrecher and Luca Marotti and Matteo Nannini and Marwan Younis and Paco L{\'o}pez-Dekker and Manfred Zink and Andreas Reigber and Gerhard Krieger and Alberto Moreira",

year = "2011",

doi = "10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049326",

language = "English",

isbn = "9781457710056",

pages = "1393--1396",

booktitle = "2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2011 - Proceedings",

note = "2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2011 ; Conference date: 24-07-2011 Through 29-07-2011",

}

Rodriguez-Cassola, M, Prats, P, Schulze, D, Tous-Ramon, N, Steinbrecher, U, Marotti, L, Nannini, M, Younis, M, López-Dekker, P, Zink, M, Reigber, A, Krieger, G & Moreira, A 2011, First bistatic spaceborne SAR experiments with TanDEM-X. in 2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2011 - Proceedings., 6049326, pp. 1393-1396, 2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 24/07/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049326

TY - GEN

T1 - First bistatic spaceborne SAR experiments with TanDEM-X

AU - Rodriguez-Cassola, Marc

AU - Prats, Pau

AU - Schulze, Daniel

AU - Tous-Ramon, Nuria

AU - Steinbrecher, Ulrich

AU - Marotti, Luca

AU - Nannini, Matteo

AU - Younis, Marwan

AU - López-Dekker, Paco

AU - Zink, Manfred

AU - Reigber, Andreas

AU - Krieger, Gerhard

AU - Moreira, Alberto

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - 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 the main 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. Even in the absence of essential synchronisation and calibration information, bistatic images and interferogramswith similar quality to pursuit monostatic have been obtained.

AB - 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 the main 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. Even in the absence of essential synchronisation and calibration information, bistatic images and interferogramswith similar quality to pursuit monostatic have been obtained.

KW - spaceborne SAR missions

KW - TanDEM-X

KW - time and phase synchronisation

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80955151113&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049326

DO - 10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049326

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:80955151113

SN - 9781457710056

SP - 1393

EP - 1396

BT - 2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2011 - Proceedings

T2 - 2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2011

Y2 - 24 July 2011 through 29 July 2011

ER -

First bistatic spaceborne SAR experiments with TanDEM-X

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this