Interferometric processing algorithms of TanDEM-X data

The purpose of this paper is to provide an algorithmic overview of the interferometric processing embedded in the Integrated TanDEM-X Processor (ITP), settled to the generation of the raw digital elevation model (DEM). The main processing blocks are described, with a focus on the spectral matching of the azimuth spectra, the high-precision coregistration, the dual-baseline phase unwrapping and the geocoding of the products. The robustness of the algorithms is demonstrated through a dual-pass TerraSAR-X scenario.