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Articles | Volume XLII-3
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-371-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-371-2018
30 Apr 2018
 | 30 Apr 2018

BASELINE ERROR ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION FOR HEIGHT MEASUREMENT OF FORMATION INSAR SATELLITE

X. Gao, T. Li, X. Zhang, and X. Geng

Keywords: InSAR, Height Measurement, Baseline Error, DEM, Simulation Validation, SRTM, TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X

Abstract. In this paper, we proposed the stochastic model of InSAR height measurement by considering the interferometric geometry of InSAR height measurement. The model directly described the relationship between baseline error and height measurement error. Then the simulation analysis in combination with TanDEM-X parameters was implemented to quantitatively evaluate the influence of baseline error to height measurement. Furthermore, the whole emulation validation of InSAR stochastic model was performed on the basis of SRTM DEM and TanDEM-X parameters. The spatial distribution characteristics and error propagation rule of InSAR height measurement were fully evaluated.