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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.
Industry: Earth science
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Remote sensing
lidar
Earth science; Remote sensing
Light intensity detection and ranging, which uses lasers to stimulate fluorescence in various compounds and to measure distances to reflecting surfaces.
scale
Earth science; Remote sensing
Ratio of distance on an image to the equivalent distance on the ground.
synthetic stereo images
Earth science; Remote sensing
Stereo images constructed through digital processing of a single image. Topographic data are used to calculate parallax.
interpretation
Earth science; Remote sensing
The process in which a person extracts information from an image.
bit
Earth science; Remote sensing
Contraction of binary digit, which in digital computing represents an exponent of the base 2.
reflectance
Earth science; Remote sensing
Ratio of the radiant energy reflected by a body to the energy incident on it. Spectral reflectance is the reflectance measured within a specific wavelength interval.
Low-sun-angle photograph
Earth science; Remote sensing
Aerial photograph acquired in the morning, evening, or winter when the sun is at a low elevation above the horizon.
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