This map shows all 8 original TanDEM-X Information Layers as specified in the Product Specification:
- TDM90 Elevation (DEM): The DEM elevation values represent the ellipsoidal heights relative to the WGS84 ellipsoid in the WGS84-G1150 datum.
- TDM90 Height Error Map (HEM): The height error map (HEM) values represent for each DEM pixel the corresponding height error in form of the standard deviation.
- TDM90 Amplitute Min/Mean (AMP/AM2): The amplitude mosaic AMP and AM2 layers are a by-product generated for further processings, e.g. water body detection or DEM filtering. They represent the mean (AMP) and minimum value (AM2) of all calibrated amplitude values from the contributing DEM scenes (in general between 2 and up to 10 scenes).
- TDM90 Consistency Map (COM): The consistency mask (COM) indicates DEM pixels, which have height inconsistencies among the contributing DEM scenes.
- TDM90 Coverage Map (COV): The coverage map (COV) indicates how many valid height values from different DEM acquisitions were available for mosaicking.
- TDM90 Layover & Shadow Mask (LSM): The layover and shadow mask (LSM) is based on the SRTM-C DEM and the GLOBE DEM regarding the TanDEM-X geometry of each individual scene.
- TDM90 Water Indication Mask (WAM): The water indication mask (WAM) layer represents the water bodies indentified during processing.
Further information is provided in the TanDEM-X 90m DEM Data Guide
Grohmann, C. H. (2018), Evaluation of TanDEM-X DEMs on selected Brazilian sites - Comparison with SRTM, ASTER GDEM and ALOS AW3D30. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 212, pp. 121-133.
Show PublicationWessel, B., Huber, M., Wohlfart, C., Marschalk, U., Kosmann, D., Roth, A. (2018), Accuracy Assessment of the Global TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model with GPS Data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. 139, pp. 171-182.
Show PublicationRizzoli, P., Martone, M., Gonzalez, C., Wecklich, C., Borla Tridon, D., Bräutigam, B., Bachmann, M., Schulze, D., Fritz, T., Huber, M., Wessel, B., Krieger, G., Zink, M., and Moreira, A. (2017), Generation and performance assessment of the global TanDEM-X digital elevation model. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol 132, pp. 119-139.
Show PublicationWessel, B. (2016), TanDEM-X Ground Segment: DEM Products Specification Document. EOC, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, Public Document TD-GS-PS-0021, Issue 3.2, 2016. [Online]. https://tandemx-science.dlr.de/
Show PublicationZink, M., Bachmann, M., Bräutigam, B., Fritz, T., Hajnsek, I., Krieger, G., Moreira, A., Wessel, B., TanDEM X - The New Global DEM Takes Shape, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine (GRSM), 2(2), pp. 8-23, 2014.
Show PublicationKrieger, G., Zink, M., Bachmann, M., Bräutigam, B., Schulze, D., Martone, M., Rizzoli, P., Steinbrecher, U., Antony, J.W., De Zan, F., Hajnsek, I., Papathanassiou, K., Kugler, F., Rodriguez Cassola, M., Younis, M., Baumgartner, S., López-Dekker, P., Prats, P., Moreira, A., 2013. TanDEM-X - a radar interferometer with two formation-flying satellites. Acta Astronaut. 89, 83-98. August-September.
Show PublicationKrieger, G., Moreira, A., Fiedler, H., Hajnsek, I., Werner, M., Younis, M., Zink, M., 2007. TanDEM-X - a satellite formation for high resolution SAR interferometry. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 45 (11), 3317-3341.
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TanDEM-X - Digital Elevation Model (DEM) - Global, 90m
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EOC Elevation Map Service
This Web Mapping Service provides access to geospatial elevation map products within the Earth Observation Center (EOC).
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The AM2 layer contains the minimum value of all calibrated amplitude values from the contributing DEM scenes (in general between 2 and up to 10 scenes).
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The AMP layer contains the mean value of all calibrated amplitude values from the contributing DEM scenes (in general between 2 and up to 10 scenes).
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The consistency mask (COM) indicates DEM pixels, which have height inconsistencies among the contributing DEM scenes.
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The coverage map (COV) indicates how many valid height values from different DEM acquisitions were available for mosaicking.
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The DEM elevation values represent the ellipsoidal heights relative to the WGS84 ellipsoid in the WGS84-G1150 datum.
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The layover and shadow mask (LSM) is based on the SRTM-C DEM and the GLOBE DEM regarding the TanDEM-X geometry of each individual scene.
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EOC Elevation Map Service
This Web Mapping Service provides access to geospatial elevation map products within the Earth Observation Center (EOC).
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Layers
The AM2 layer contains the minimum value of all calibrated amplitude values from the contributing DEM scenes (in general between 2 and up to 10 scenes).
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The AMP layer contains the mean value of all calibrated amplitude values from the contributing DEM scenes (in general between 2 and up to 10 scenes).
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The consistency mask (COM) indicates DEM pixels, which have height inconsistencies among the contributing DEM scenes.
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The coverage map (COV) indicates how many valid height values from different DEM acquisitions were available for mosaicking.
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The DEM elevation values represent the ellipsoidal heights relative to the WGS84 ellipsoid in the WGS84-G1150 datum.
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The layover and shadow mask (LSM) is based on the SRTM-C DEM and the GLOBE DEM regarding the TanDEM-X geometry of each individual scene.
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TDM90 Amplitude Min (AM2)
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TDM90 Amplitude Min (AMP)
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TDM90 Consistency Map (COM)
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TDM90 Coverage Map (COV)
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TDM90 Elevation (DEM)
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TDM90 Height Error Map (HEM)
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TDM90 Layover & Shadow Mask Mosaic (LSM)
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TDM90 Water Indication Mask (WAM)
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Further Datasets from Datagroup TanDEM-X
The objective of the TanDEM-X mission (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) is to produce a highly accurate, three-dimensional image of our Earth with uniform quality and unprecedented accuracy.
Further Datasets of Topic Topography
Topographic data data describing the shape and elevation of the Earth’s surface, such as terrain height, slope, and landforms.







