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However, the accuracy of these data cannot be ensured without applying a surveying and mapping (SAM) calibration process, thus necessitating geometric and interferometric calibration technologies. In this paper, we propose an independent parameter decomposition (IPD) method to conduct SAM calibration on GF-3 data and generate high-accuracy DEMs. We resolved the geometric parameters to improve the location accuracy and resolved the interferometric parameters to improve the height accuracy. First, we established a geometric calibration model, analyzed the Range\u2013Doppler (RD) model and resolved the initial imaging time error as well as the initial slant range error. Then, we established a three-dimensional reconstruction (TDR) model to analyze the height error sources. Finally, the interferometric phase error and baseline vector error were precisely estimated to ensure the vertical accuracy of the interferometric results by establishing the interferometric calibration model. We then used the GF-3 interferometric data derived on the same orbit in a north\u2013south distribution to conduct the calibration experiment. The results show that the plane positioning accuracy was 5.09 m following geometric calibration, that the vertical accuracy of the interferometric results was 4.18 m following interferometric calibration and that the average absolute elevation accuracy of the derived DEM product was better than 3.09 m when using the GF-3 SAR data, thus confirming the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed GF-3 IPD calibration method. These results provide a technical basis for SAM calibration using GF-3 interferograms at the 1:50,000 scale in China.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14133089","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,28]],"date-time":"2022-06-28T00:07:02Z","timestamp":1656374822000},"page":"3089","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["An Improved Independent Parameter Decomposition Method for Gaofen-3 Surveying and Mapping Calibration"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7676-7852","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tao","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Land Satellite Remote Sensing Application Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Haidian Dist., Beijing 100048, China"}]},{"given":"Jun","family":"Fan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering, Minhang Dist., Shanghai 201109, China"}]},{"given":"Yanyang","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering, Minhang Dist., Shanghai 201109, China"}]},{"given":"Ruifeng","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering, Minhang Dist., Shanghai 201109, China"}]},{"given":"Yusheng","family":"Hou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering, Minhang Dist., Shanghai 201109, China"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Land Satellite Remote Sensing Application Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Haidian Dist., Beijing 100048, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"269","article-title":"System Design and Key Technologies of the GF-3 Satellite","volume":"46","author":"Zhang","year":"2017","journal-title":"Acta Geod. 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