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.

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Remote sensing

slant range

Earth science; Remote sensing

In radar, an imaginary line running between the antenna and the target.

cell assemblies

Earth science; Remote sensing

The linked receptors, retinal neurons, and neural cells in the visual cortex of the brain which enable interaction between perception and past experience.

flight path

Earth science; Remote sensing

Line on the ground directly beneath a remote sensing aircraft or space craft. Also called flight line.

transmissivity

Earth science; Remote sensing

Property of a material that determines the amount of energy that can pass through the material.

coherent radiation

Earth science; Remote sensing

Electromagnetic radiation whose waves are equal in length and are in phase, so that waves at different points in space act in unison, as in laser and synthetic aperture radar.