Relative heights to absolute heights in DEM generation?

thank you for providing the data

I just tested it and it technically works:

  1. import the shapefile into the S1DEM (it is called points) then
  2. Open the raster
  3. Open the correlative plot
  4. Select “Use ROI mask”
  5. Select “points” as point source and “Elevation” as the attribute
  6. Select “Show regression line”.

The green line is the regression line, the blue one is the bisector.

As you see, the R² is very low because there is no clear correlation between the actual elevation (from the attribute) and the InSAR elevations from the raster. This has two reasons:

  1. there are not enough points for a stable regression
  2. your InSAR DEM is of quite bad quality, probably because of decorrelation (too much time between the images). It doesn’t reflect the topograpy at all and is basically just a ramp.

The regression works if there is a general under or overestimation of elevations or trend in your InSAR DEM. But I’m afraid no regression can fix an InSAR DEM of this quality:

You can select another image pair with shorter temporal baseline. But if there is much vegetation in your study area, you cannot do much about decorrelation, especially with 6 or 12 day repeat pass pairs.