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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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directional filter
Earth science; Remote sensing
Mathematical filter designed to enhance on an image those linear features oriented in a particular direction.
Apollo
Earth science; Remote sensing
U. S. lunar exploration program of satellites with crews of three astronauts.
frequency (v)
Earth science; Remote sensing
The number of wave oscillations per unit time or the number of wavelengths that pass a point per unit time.
depolarized
Earth science; Remote sensing
Refers to a change in polarization of a transmitted radar pulse as a result of various interactions with the terrain surface.
