Ten Years of TerraSAR-X—Scientific Results

Abstract

This special issue is a collection of papers addressing the scientific utilization of data acquired in the course of the TerraSAR-X mission. The articles deal with the mission itself, the accuracy of the products, with differential interferometry, and with applications in the domains cryosphere, oceans, wetlands, and urban areas. This editorial summarizes the content.

Keywords

• synthetic aperture radar
• TerraSAR-X
• SAR interferometry
• land subsidence
• precise orbit determination
• geometric and radiometric calibration
• PSI