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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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look angle
Earth science; Remote sensing
The angle between the vertical plane containing a radar antenna and the direction of radar propagation. Complementary to the depression angle.
quantum
Earth science; Remote sensing
The elementary quantity of EM energy that is transmitted by a particular wavelength. According to the quantum theory, EM radiation is emitted, transmitted, and absorbed as numbers of quanta, the ...
atmospheric correction
Earth science; Remote sensing
Image-processing procedure that compensates for effects of selectivity scattered light in multispectral images.
electromagnetic spectrum
Earth science; Remote sensing
Continuous sequence of electromagnetic energy arranged according to wavelength or frequency.
digitization
Earth science; Remote sensing
Process of converting an analog display into a digital display.
Seasat
Earth science; Remote sensing
NASA unmanned satellite that acquired L-band radar images in 1978.
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