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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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Wien's displacement law
Earth science; Remote sensing
Describes the shift of the radiant power peak to shorter wavelengths as temperature increases.
scanner
Earth science; Remote sensing
An imaging system in which the IFOV of one or more detectors is swept across the terrain.
kinetic temperature
Earth science; Remote sensing
Internal temperature of an object determined by random molecular motion. Kinetic temperature is measured with a contact thermometer.
probability density function (PDF)
Earth science; Remote sensing
A function indicating the relative frequency with which any measurement may be expected to occur. In remote sensing it is represented by the histogram of DN in one band for a ...
photographic IR
Earth science; Remote sensing
Short-wavelength portion (0. 7 to 0. 9 m) of the IR band that is detectable by IR color film or IR black-and-white film.
geostationary orbit
Earth science; Remote sensing
An orbit at 41 000 km in the direction of the Earth's rotation, which matches speed so that a satellite remains over a fixed point on the Earth's surface.
look-up table (LUT)
Earth science; Remote sensing
A mathematical formula used to convert one distribution of data to another, most conveniently remembered as a conversion graph.
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