Research Article

Quality Assessment of Four DEMs Generated Using In-Track KOMPSAT-3 Stereo Images

Table 1

Specification of the KOMPSAT-3 in-track stereo image pair.

CharacteristicsForwardBackward

Product level 1R

Acquisition time (UTC)13:32:55 (local time), February 25, 201313:34:47 (local time),   
February 25, 2013

Satellite altitude (km)699.9699.3

Roll/pitch/yaw angle (deg.)5.0/-14.2/-3.46.6/13.8/-3.0

Elevation angle (deg.)73.572.8

Azimuth angle (deg.)8.9144.9

Pan image GSD (col./row)0.7/0.80.7/0.8

Pan image size (col/row)24060/2066824060/20792

Image center coordinate  
(lat./long/)
34.945310730/  
127.470499034
34.947856143/  
127.470747229

Orbit type Ascending orbit

GSD, ground sample distance