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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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scan skew
Earth science; Remote sensing
Distortion of scanner images caused by forward motion of the aircraft or satellite during the time required to complete a scan.
forward overlap
Earth science; Remote sensing
The percent of duplication by successive photographs along a flight line.
ground receiving station
Earth science; Remote sensing
Facility that records data transmitted by a satellite, such as Landsat.
dielectric constant
Earth science; Remote sensing
Electrical property of matter that influences radar returns. Also referred to as complex dielectric constant.
range
Earth science; Remote sensing
In radar usage this is the distance in the direction of radar propagation, usually to the side of the platform in an imaging radar system. The slant range is the direct distance from the antenna to ...
unsupervised classification
Earth science; Remote sensing
Digital information extraction technique in which the computer assigns pixels to categories with no instructions from the operator.
