Title
A Fully Automatic Algorithm For Editing The Tandem-X Global Dem
Abstract
The spaceborne mission TanDEM-X successfully acquired and processed a global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) from interferometric bistatic SAR data at X band. The product has been delivered in 2016 and is characterized by an unprecedented vertical accuracy. It is provided at 12 m, 30 m, and 90 m sampling and can be accessed by the scientific community via a standard announcement of opportunity process and the submission of a scientific proposal. The 90 m version is freely available for scientific purposes. The DEM is unedited, which means that it is the pure result of the interferometric SAR processing and subsequent mosaicking. Residual gaps, resulting, e.g., from unprocessable data, are still present and water surfaces appear noisy. This paper reports on the algorithms developed at DLR's Microwaves and Radar Institute for a fully automatic editing of the global TanDEM-X DEM comprising gap filling and water editing. The result is a new global gap-free DEM product at 30 m sampling, which can be used for a large variety of scientific applications. It also serves as a reference for processing the upcoming TanDEM-X Change DEM layer.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.3390/rs12233961
REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
DocType
Volume
synthetic aperture radar, digital elevation model, TanDEM-X, DEM editing
Journal
12
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
23
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Carolina González194.82
Markus Bachmann28920.95
Jose Luis Bueso Bello373.42
Paola Rizzoli4154.34
Manfred Zink56114.92