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Name: | remote sensing |
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Description: | The gathering and recording of information about the earth's surface by methods which do not involve actual contact with the surface under consideration. Remote sensing techniques include photography, infra-red imagery, and radar from aircraft, satellites, and spacecraft.Remote sensing is the small- or large-scale acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon by the use of recording or real-time sensing device(s) that are wireless or not in physical or intimate contact with the object (such as by way of aircraft, spacecraft or satellite) to measure a parameter (such as temperature, moisture or rainfall) from a distance (such as from space or by using a radar). The parameter used most often in the process of forecasting is land use or land cover. |
Type: | Adjective |
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