Remote sensing

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

stereo base

Earth science; Remote sensing

Distance between a pair of correlative points on a stereo pair that are oriented for stereo viewing.

nonsystematic distortion

Earth science; Remote sensing

Geometric irregularities on images that are not constant and cannot be predicted from the characteristics of the imaging system.

fluorescence

Earth science; Remote sensing

Emission of light from a substance following exposure to radiation from an external source.

diffuse reflector

Earth science; Remote sensing

Surface that reflects incident radiation nearly equally in all directions.

satellite

Earth science; Remote sensing

An object in orbit around a celestial body.

median filter

Earth science; Remote sensing

A spatial filter, which substitutes the median value of DN from surrounding pixels for that recorded at an individual pixel. It is useful for removing random noise.

The result of interpolation from values of a variable measured at irregularly distributed points, or along survey lines, to values referring to square cells in a rectangular array. It forms a step ...