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Remote sensing
The process of using aerial sensor technologies to detect and classify objects on Earth both on the surface, and in the atmosphere and oceans by means of propagated signals.
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tristimulus colour theory
Earth science; Remote sensing
A theory of color relating all hues to the combined effects of three additive primary colors corresponding to the sensitivities of the three types of cone on the retina.
polarization
Earth science; Remote sensing
The direction of orientation in which the electrical field vector of electromagnetic radiation vibrates.
blackbody
Earth science; Remote sensing
An ideal substance that absorbs all the radiant energy incident on it and emits radiant energy at the maximum possible rate per unit area at each wavelength for any given temperature. No actual ...
ground swath
Earth science; Remote sensing
Width of the strip of terrain that is imaged by a scanner system.
sensor
Earth science; Remote sensing
Device that receives electromagnetic radiation and converts it into a signal that can be recorded and displayed as either numerical data or an image.
sun-synchronous orbit
Earth science; Remote sensing
A polar orbit where the satellite always crosses the Equator at the same local solar time.
digital image processing
Earth science; Remote sensing
Computer manipulation of the digital-number values of an image.
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