Concept information
Preferred term
remote sensing
Definition
- Remote sensing is the field of integrating the information, technology, and analysis of data collected by both satellite and airborne sensor systems of the earth's surface, atmosphere, and near subsurface. Remote sensing could generally be described as the observation of objects or phenomena from afar, and is the opposite of in situ observation where those measuring are in direct contact with objects or phenomena. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Remote Sensing]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- aerial imagery data
- atmospheric remote sensing
- biophysical remote sensing
- energy and human ecology
- geosensor networks
- image enhancement
- image fusion
- image interpretation
- image processing
- image registration
- image texture
- imaging spectroscopy
- interpretation of aerial imagery
- lidar and airborne laser scanning
- microwave/radar data
- multispectral imagery
- multitemporal imaging
- object-based image analysis
- panchromatic imagery
- photogrammetric methods
- radiometric correction
- radiometric normalization
- radiometric resolution
- remote sensing: platforms and sensors
- spatial resolution
- spectral characteristics of terrestrial surfaces
- spectral resolution
- spectral transformations
- stereoscopy and orthoimagery
- thermal imagery
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/remote_sensing
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