TanDEM-X Ground Segment – DEM Products Specification Document

Abstract

The purpose of this document is to describe the operational TanDEM-X DEM products, their specifications and formats. The most important Chapter is number 4, which describes the DEM product. It gives a short summary about the products (Section 4.1.) and the DEM generation process (Section 4.2.). The DEM product specifications are given in Section 4.3. Above the accuracy and grid definitions (Section 4.3.1) all information layers are described (Section 4.3.2). Information about the product structure and the delivery are provided in Section 4.3.3. Section 4.4 gives a short summary about the characteristics of the Intermediate DEM Product and the future FDEM and HDEM products. In the Annex a table of the most important annotation parameters is provided, as well as an introduction into the xml schema.