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Earth science
Any of several geological sciences that are concerned with the earth, its origins, and all of its various structures and physical forms and phenomena.
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laser
Earth science; Remote sensing
Light artificially stimulated electromagnetic radiation: a beam of coherent radiation with a single wavelength.
absorptance
Earth science; Remote sensing
A measure of the ability of a material to absorb EM energy at a specific wavelength.
multispectral scanner system (MSS)
Earth science; Remote sensing
Multispectral scanner system of Landsat that acquires images of four wavelength bands in the visible and reflected IR regions.
angular resolving power
Earth science; Remote sensing
Minimum separation between two resolvable targets, expressed as angular separation.
atmospheric shimmer
Earth science; Remote sensing
An effect produced by the movement of masses of air with different refractive indices, which is most easily seen in the twinkling of stars. Shimmer results in blurring on ...
azimuth resolution
Earth science; Remote sensing
In radar images, the spatial resolution in the azimuth direction.
digital image
Earth science; Remote sensing
An image where the property being measured has been converted from a continuous range of analogue values to a range expressed by a finite number of integers, usually recorded as ...
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