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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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radiometer
Earth science; Remote sensing
Device for quantitatively measuring radiant energy, especially thermal radiation.
radar shadow
Earth science; Remote sensing
Dark signature on a radar image representing no signal return. A shadow extends in the far-range direction form an object that intercepts the radar beam.
thermal inertia (P)
Earth science; Remote sensing
Measure of the response of a material to temperature changes, expressed in calories per square centimeter per square root of second.
spectrum
Earth science; Remote sensing
Continuous sequence of electromagnetic energy arranged according to wavelength or frequency.
EOSAT
Earth science; Remote sensing
The commercial company that took over operations of the Landsat system in 1985.
photograph
Earth science; Remote sensing
Representation of targets on film that results from the action of light on silver halide grains in the film's emulsion.
Goddard Space Flight Center
Earth science; Remote sensing
The NASA facility at Greenbelt, Maryland, that is also a Landsat ground receiving station.
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