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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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Multiband camera
Earth science; Remote sensing
System that simultaneously acquires photographs of the same scene at different wavelengths.
Azimuth
Earth science; Remote sensing
Geographic orientation of a line given as an angle measured in degrees clockwise from north.
Random line dropout
Earth science; Remote sensing
In scanner images, the loss of data from individual scan lines in a nonsystematic fashion.
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 ...
Coastal zone colour scanner (CZCS)
Earth science; Remote sensing
A satellite-carried multi-spectral scanner designed to measure chlorophyll concentrations in the oceans.
Sensitivity
Earth science; Remote sensing
Degree to which a detector responds to electromagnetic energy incident on it.
Photogeology
Earth science; Remote sensing
Mapping and interpretation of geologic features from aerial photographs.
