German Aerospace Center National Agency Report CEOS-WGCV Plenary # 38

Albrecht von Bargen German Aerospace Center, Space Administration, Earth Observation

National Missions

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Atmosphere, Meteorology, Climate

Land, Hazards

Geophysics

SCIAMACHY

EnMAP EnMAP-2

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TanDEM-X TerraSAR-X &

TS-X HD HRWS

RapidEye RapidEye nG

GRACE GRACE FO

MERLIN MERLIN nG

METimage on MetOp SG

> ESA bilateral > G. Roßner • German EO data utilisation programme > 3rd July 2014 www.DLR.de • Chart 2

Status TanDEM-X

TanDEM-X Final DEM Production: Status Sep-2014

TanDEM-X Absolute Height Accuracy

Histogram of Height Deviation between -10 and 10 m

Analysis Date 26.09.2014

Number of DEM Tiles in EOWEB 4,422

Accumulated Number of ICESat Validation Points 4,204,261

Mean Height Deviation of Validation Points [m] 0.1597

Accumulated Absolute Height Accuracy of 10 m (linear error) 99.71%

Isoka, Sambia

Kronotsky Volcano, Kamchatka

DLR.de • Chart 8 > Standard presentation > April 2014

Snow/Ice Classification

Forest Detection

TanDEM-X Maps from Coherence

Aug-Sept 14

Close bistatic

Small along-track Northern Hemisphere

Oct 2014 –Feb 2015

Pursuit Monostatic 76 km along-track

Helix drift in 104 days

Mar – Aug 2015 Sept –Dec 2015

Large bistatic

~ 3.6 km cross-track at the equator

Close bistatic

Small along-track Southern Hemisphere

from Dec. 2014: Dual Receive Antenna Mode

TanDEM-X Science Phase

TDM Science Phase: Proposed Time Line for 2014 / 2015

Slide 10 12-Jun-2013 - OP

Mode Appli. 1 oc

2 no

3 de

4 ja

5 fe

6 ma

7 ap

8 my

9 ju

10 jl

11 au

12 se

13 oc

14 no

15 de

XTI 100-300 Bistatic

Drifting PM 3-4 km Bistatic

Drifting

100-300 Bistatic

Pol-InSAR DRA B

Agriculture

Forest

Cryo

Spot Urban

Vulcanos

Strip DEM

Geology

Permafrost

DRA-Bist. MTI Land/ Ocean

ATI Alt. B Ocean currents

ATI ScanSAR

Ocean currents

HRWS-DRA

Enhance image rec. Pursuit Mono-

static Drift 104 days

Very Long Baseline ~ 2000 m (+Phase of Libration)

DRA I. Hajnsek / TDM Science Meeting 2013