Interferometric Performance of a Cartwheel Constellation for TerraSAR-L
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This paper provides a prediction of the achievable interferometric performance for a TerraSAR-L cartwheel constellation. Assuming receiving antennas of only 3m diameter, ambiguity and noise floor levels are analysed in detail. Expected DEM accuracies for different effective baselines at different swath positions including effects of local slope and volume decorrelation over vegetation are presented.
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