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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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absorptivity
Earth science; Remote sensing
Capacity of a material to absorb incident radiant energy.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Earth science; Remote sensing
A NASA facility at Pasadena, California, operated under contract by the California Institute of Technology.
primary colors
Earth science; Remote sensing
A set of three colors that in various combinations will produce the full range of colors in the visible spectrum. There are two sets of primary colors, additive and subtractive.
pattern
Earth science; Remote sensing
Regular repetition of tonal variations on an image or photograph.
panchromatic film
Earth science; Remote sensing
Black and white film that is sensitive to all visible wavelengths.
luminance
Earth science; Remote sensing
Quantitative measure of the intensity of light from a source.
supervised classification
Earth science; Remote sensing
Digital-information extraction technique in which the operator provides training-site information that the computer uses to assign pixels to categories.
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