Concept information
Preferred term
panchromatic imagery
Definition
- Analog and digital sensors that acquire data from a single broad region of visible light, and sometimes from the adjacent near-infrared and ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, are commonly given the label panchromatic. The name was originally given to black-and-white photographic films that were sensitive to ultraviolet and the entire visible spectrum (pan, meaning “all,” and chromatic, meaning “colors”; both words are of Greek origin), to distinguish them from earlier black-and-white films that were only sensitive to ultraviolet and blue light. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Panchromatic Imagery]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/panchromatic_imagery
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