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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
attitude
Earth science; Remote sensing
Angular orientation of remote sensing system with respect to a geographic reference system.
return-beam vidicon (RBV)
Earth science; Remote sensing
A system in which images are formed on the photosensitive surface o a vacuum tube; the image is scanned with an electron beam and transmitted or recorded. Landsat 3 used a pair of RBV's to acquire ...
sensitivity
Earth science; Remote sensing
Degree to which a detector responds to electromagnetic energy incident on it.
random line dropout
Earth science; Remote sensing
In scanner images, the loss of data from individual scan lines in a nonsystematic fashion.
coastal zone color scanner (CZCS)
Earth science; Remote sensing
A satellite-carried multi-spectral scanner designed to measure chlorophyll concentrations in the oceans.
