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

Incidence angle

Earth science; Remote sensing

In radar, the angle formed between an imaginary line normal to the surface and another connecting the antenna and the target.

Stereopsis

Earth science; Remote sensing

The ability for objects to be perceived in three dimensions as a result of the parallax differences produced by the eye base.

Texture

Earth science; Remote sensing

Frequency of change and arrangement of tones on an image.

Quantum

Earth science; Remote sensing

The elementary quantity of EM energy that is transmitted by a particular wavelength. According to the quantum theory, EM radiation is emitted, transmitted, and absorbed as numbers of quanta, the ...