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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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look direction
Earth science; Remote sensing
Direction in which pulses of microwave energy are transmitted by a radar system. The look direction is normal to the azimuth direction. Also called range direction.
emittance
Earth science; Remote sensing
A term for the radiant flux of energy per unit area emitted by a body.
color composite image
Earth science; Remote sensing
Color image prepared by projecting individual black-and-white multispectral images, each through a different color filter. When the projected images are superposed, a color ...
depression angle (y)
Earth science; Remote sensing
In radar, the angle between the imaginary horizontal plane passing through the antenna and the line connecting the antenna and the target.
line-pair
Earth science; Remote sensing
Pair of light and dark bars of equal widths. The number of such line-pairs aligned side by side that can be distinguished per unit distance expresses the resolving power of an ...
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